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GOD'S GUIDE 



FOR 



MAFS FAITH AID PRACTICE. 

BEING 

AN ARRANGEMENT OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, 
UNDER THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF 

MAN'S BELIEF, DUTY, AND PRIVILEGE. 

IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. 

II ACCORDANCE WITH THE DESIGN OF THE LATE 

JAMES GILRUTH. 



SYSTEMATIZED AND COLLATED 

BY JfH. GILRUTH. 

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NEW YORK: 
NELSON & PHILLIP 

CINCINNATI: • 
HITCHCOCK & WALDEN 

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1S77, by 
J. H. GILRUTH. 
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. 



INTRODUCTION 



THE plan and scope of the following work are 
based on the idea that God's "Word, if studied in 
its natural and proper relations, is its own infallible 
interpreter. 

The late James Gilruth, of Davenport, Iowa, was 
accustomed, in the course of his ministry, to note 
down the topics that occurred to him in his careful 
study of the Scriptures, and to group under them, in 
chronological order, all the passages that seemed to 
him to elucidate and confirm them. His favourite 
idea was, that the Scriptures contain all the truths 
that men should hold as articles of faith, and, in con- 
nexion with these, full directions for our actions un- 
der all circumstances of life. His work grew with 
his years, but was not completed. His son, James 
H. Gilruth, of Mount Yernon, Iowa, made a critical 
examination of the manuscript, and, taking it as a 
basis, made an entirely new arrangement. The pres- 
ent volume is the fruit of this latter labor. It will be 
seen that the headings are generally a condensation 
of the texts. Sometimes, however, this was not prac- 
ticable, and, in such cases, those headings have been 
given which were judged best suited to call attention 
to the subject. 



iv Introduction. 

"While the plan, with much of the treatment in- 
volved in carrying it out, is largely that of the son, 
the fundamental idea is due to the father. The work 
is, therefore, the fruit of the critical and intense study 
of the Bible by two minds ; but there is all that sym- 
metry and unity which every literary production needs 
in order to reach the highest ends. No work, even 
when the result of one mind, is hardly worth the pub- 
lishing which has not undergone all those happy trans- 
formations which come from the process of composi- 
tion and general preparation. The world's best works 
began with little more than a conception. Their or- 
der and development belonged to that peculiar in- 
spiration which comes from having made a good be- 
ginning, and grows with the increasing pages. 

But is there a place in the Christian literature of 
our day for such a work as the present ? We think 
there is. There never was a time when all the col- 
lateral departments of revealed truth were studied 
with such interest and critical care as in our day. 
The natural historv of the Bible lands, the career of 

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nations related to the scriptural peoples, and the 
usages and literature of the chosen family, are exam- 
ined with an assiduity and judgment without example 
in the history of the Church. In another and still 
higher respect we observe an unparalleled interest in 
what concerns the divine truth and the teaching of 
it to the world. We mean the precise language of 
the Bible itself. 

This is an age in which there is not only more 



Introduction. v 

study than during auy of its predecessors in the 
themes about the Scriptures, but iu the Scriptures 
themselves. The letter of the Bible is inquired into 
with a keenness of relish and a wealth of learn- 
ing which give us ground for hoping for it a firmer 
hold upon the popular mind than ever before. To 
this latter class of works the following contribution 
to our biblical literature — " Grod's Guide for Man's 
Faith and Practice " — now comes, to take its place 
of service and honour. The full history of its prepa- 
ration may not be told here. The time it has occu- 
pied, the constant reliance upon the Source of all 
wisdom, the patience required at every step, and the 
rare judgment needed throughout, can hardly be 
seen in their full lio-ht. The o-ood work which we 
believe it will perform will be its best recognition. 

It cannot be denied that the inferences which men 
have drawn from the language of the Bible are often 
antagonistic. One needs only to arrange the Confes- 
sions of the great Christian bodies beside each other to 
see the opposing variations of human deductions from 
the Bible. We turn over the pages of such works as 
"Winer's " Confessions of Christendom," and Schaff 's 
" Creeds of Christendom," to see how strangely vast 
bodies of men can drink from the same fountain and 
arrange themselves in opposing lines. We, there- 
fore, hail with pleasure every agency that would 
bring the Christian world back to its common source 
of truth and dutv. What is human often divides : 
what is divine always unites! A more intimate 



vi Introduction. 

knowledge of the exact words of the Scriptures must 
remove many points of difference between believers, 
and aid in bringing in that broad charity without 
which the Churches would be merely human organ- 
izations. That oneness of the people of God, which 
all feel to be the intention of the Great Teacher, must 
be greatly promoted by a familiar acquaintance with 
just what the Scriptures do say upon every point of 
doctrine and duty. 

To the pastors, Sunday-school teachers, and all 
evangelical believers and workers in the vineyard of 
the Church of Christ, we cordially commend this vol- 
ume as an honest and thorough effort toward a firm- 
er union of all Christian people, and a more intimate 

acquaintance with the divine will. 

J. F. Hurst. 

Drew Theological Seminary, 
Madison, N. J., July 23, 1877. 



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CHAPTER I. 



GOD. 



Section 

God is a Spirit 1 

God, one only 2 

God is Invisible 8 

/£oD is Eternal, Immortal. 4 

The only Immortal 5 

The First and the Last 6 

God is Every -"where : — 

Not contained in' the heavens 7 

Is in heaven and earth 8 

Is near to every one 9 

None can hide from his presence. . . 10 

Sees and hears every thing 11 

God is Unchangeable. 12 

God's Wisdom : — 

Infinite in wisdom 13 

Has done all things in wisdom 14 

The giver of wisdom to men 15 

The giver of judicial wisdom 16 

The giver of wisdom and skill in 

arts, sciences, and poetry 17 

God's Knowledge : — 

Perfect in knowledge 18 

Knows the thoughts and actions of 

men 19 

Knows the hearts of men 20 

Knows who love and trust him. . . . 21 
Knows who will teach their chil- 
dren to keep his ways. 22 

Knows what we need 23 

Knows how to deliver the godly 

and to punish the unjust. 24 

Knows the end from the begin- 
ning , 25 

God's Memory: — 
Remembers the righteousness of 

nations' 26 

Eemeinbers wickedness of nations. 2T 

Eemembers individuals- 28 

Remembers his covenants 29 

God is Almighty 30 

All things possible with him 31 

Able to perform what he has 
promised 32 



Section 
Does what He pleases and wills.. . . 83 

Power belongs unto God 34 

The giver of strength and power 
unto men 35 



God is Good 

God is Holy 

God is Pure 

God is Eighteous. 
God is Just 



36 

8T 

3S 

39 

40 

God is True 41 

God is Faithful 42 

God is Compassionate and Merci- 
ful 43 

God is the Creator 44 

God is King, Governor, and Law- 
giver 45 

God is Judge 46 

God's Anger : — 

Angry with the wicked , 47 

Will render indignation and fury 

against the wicked 48 

Will render vengeance to his ene- 
mies 49 

God is Longsuffertng, Kind 50 

God is the Eedeemer 51 

God is the Deliverer 52 

God is the Saviour 53 

God in Eespect to the Eighteous: — 

Defends the righteous 54 

Upholds the righteous 55 

Helps the righteous 56 

Keeps the righteous 57 

Preserves the righteous 5S 

Leads and teaches the righteous.. . 59 
Favors and blesses the righteous. . . 60 
Is the refuge and strength of the 

righteous 61 

Is the God and Father of the right- 
eous 62 

God is Love 63 

In God is our Existence 64 

God is the God and Father of Je- 
sus Christ 65 



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Contents. 



CHAPTER II. 



JESUS OHEIST. 



Section | 

A Blessing Promised 66 

A Prophet like unto Moses Prom- 
ised 67 

The Promises Fulfilled in Jesus 

Christ 63 

He was Before all Things : — 

Before Abraham 69 

With God before the world was. . . 70 
The Firstborn and beginning of the 

creation of God 71 

The First and the Last 72 

The Word of God was Made Flesh 78 
Was in the form of God, but took 

the likeness of men 74 

Begotten of the Holy Ghost — born 

of a virgin 75 

The Son of God : — 

God declares him his Son 76 

Declares himself the Son of God. . . 77 
John the Baptist declares the Son 

of God 78 

Others declare him the Son of God. 79 

Devils declare him the Son of God. 80 

He is the only begotten Son of God. 81 

He is the Son of Man 82 

Was born in Bethlehem 83 

Grew in stature and wisdom 84 

Was circumcised and baptized 85 

Was tempted 86 

He fasted, hungered, and thirsted.. 87 

Was weary, and slept 88 

Was grieved and troubled 89 

He prayed 90 

He gave thanks 91 

He is our brother 92 

He is our example 93 

He is Messiah the Christ 94 

Kept, helped, and given for a cove- 
nant 95 

On him the Holy Spirit descended. 96 

Was led by the Spirit 97 

Anointed to preach the Gospel 98 

Preached and taught 99 

The doctrine and word not his 

own 100 

Spoke and did as taught by the 

Father 101 

Makes known what he has heard. . 102 

Made known all that he heard 103 



Section 

He was a Prophet 104 

Foretold the destruction of Jeru- 
salem 105 

Foretold what signs should follow 

believers 106 

Foretold his own death and resur- 
rection 107 

Foretold the gift of the Comforter 108 
His Knowledge : — 

Knows the Father 109 

Only knows the Father 110 

Spirit of God made him of quick 

understanding Ill 

Knows all men and their thoughts 112 

Knows liis own 113 

Knew who should betray him 114 

Did not know the day of the end. . 115 
His Power: — 

All things delivered unto him 116 

All power given to him 117 

Equal with God IIS 

Power to lay down life and take it 

again 119 

Gave power to his disciples 120 

Gives power to become the sons of 

God by him 121 

Able to succour the tempted 122 

Able to save them that come to 

God by him 123 

Able to subdue all things 124 

Performed miracles 125 

Wind and sea obey him 126 

Walked on the water 127 

Turned water into wine 128 

At his word the fig tree withered. 129 

Fed the multitude 130 

Healed the blind, dumb, etc 131 

Healed the sick and those possessed 

of devils 182 

Cast out devils by the Spirit of God 133 

Eaised the dead to life 134 

He had Compassion 135 

Groaned and wept 136 

Eejoiced in spirit 137 

He was Without Sin 188 

Challenged any to convict him of 

sin 139 

He was Meek and Lowly 140 

Washed the disciples 1 feet 141 



Contents. 



IX 



Section 
Jesus Christ was Persecuted :— 

They sought to kill him 142 

They endeavoured to catch him in 

his words 143 

They took counsel against him 144 

They hired Judas to betray him. . . 145 
They bought the potter's field with 

the price of Jesus 146 

He gave no answer to accusations. 147 
He was mocked and scourged. . . . 148 

He was Crucified 149 

Felt himself forsaken of God 150 

Numbered among transgressors... 151 

Lots cast for his coat 152 

Vinegar with gall given him to 

drink 153 

Eeviled and mocked for trusting in 

God 154 

Pierced by the soldiers 155 

Commended his spirit to God and 

died 156 

Was laid in the sepulchre 157 

His Resurrection : — 
Arose from the dead the third day. 158 

Appeared to his disciples 159 

He was Carried up into Heaven. 160 

He Shall Come Again 161 

He Appeared to Some after His 

Ascension 1 62 

He is Always with his Disciples. 163 
The Atonement : — 

The bread of life 164 

The Lamb of God that was slain . . 165 

Gave himself a sacrifice 166 

Was delivered for our offences 167 

Suffered and died for our sins 16S 

Was offered once for all 169 

Is the propitiation of our sins 170 

Is the ransom 171 

Through him is reconciliation 172 

The only mediator between God 

and man 173 

The sinner's intercessor and advo- 
cate 174 

The High Priest 175 

His priesthood is unchangeable. . . 176 

The Eedeemer 177 

The Deliverer 178 

The Saviour 179 

Salvation in no other name 180 

The Good Shepherd and Bishop... 181 

Touched with our infirmities 182 

Gives rest to the weary 183 

Eeceiveth sinners 1S4 

Has power on earth to forgive sins 185 
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Section 
He is the Judge 186 

Just and holy. . , 187 

He is the Giver of Grace 188 

He is the Light of the World. . . . 189 

He is the Wisdom of God 190 

He is the Foundation op the 

Church 191 

He is the Head of the Church . . . 192 

His Eelative Position : — 
Greater than the prophets or Abra- 
ham 193 

Greater than the angels 194 

Above all creatures 195 

The Father is greater than Christ. 196 
God is the head of Christ 197 

He Proceeded from the Father, 

and Eeturned to Him 198 

Came from heaven 199 

Came in the Father's name 200 

Should be honoured even as the 

Father 201 

Is honoured by the Father 202 

He is the Author of Eternal Sal- 
vation and Faith 203 

He has Life in Himself — Given by 

the Father 204 

He is life 205 

Has the words of eternal fife 206 

Gives eternal life. 207 

Quickens whom he will 208 

He is the Fulness of God .'. 209 

The image of God 210 

Called Elohim [God] 211 

Called Adonai [Lord] 212 

Called Jehovah [Lord] 213 

Whoever sees Christ sees the Fa- 
ther 214 

In him God is manifested 215 

He is in the Father 215 

God in Christ reconciling the world 217 
He and the Father are one 218 

By Him God Created all Things. 219 
Upholds all things 220 

He is Exalted to the Eight Hand 

of the Throne of God 221 

Is Lord and Master 222 

Is King 223 

His kingdom not of this world. . . . 224 
His kingdom shall have no end. . . . 225 

He shall Deliver up the Kingdom 
to God the Father, and Himself 
be Subject 226 

The Son is Fully Known and Com- 
prehended only by the Father. 22T 



Contents. 



CHAPTER III. 

THE HOLT SPIEIT. 



Section 

Proceeds From the Father 228 

Given by the Father 229 

Given in answer to prayer of Christ. 230 

Sent by Jesus Christ 231 

Inspired the Prophets and Apos- 
tles 232 

Begat Jesus Christ 233 

Given to Christ 234 

By the Holy Spirit Christ had wis- 
dom, understanding, etc 235 

Led Christ through temptation.. . 236 
By the Holy Spirit Christ cast out 

devils 237 

Led Christ in his ministry 238 

Through the Holy Spirit Christ 

offered himself to God 239 

By the Holy Spirit Christ gave 

commandments to the apostles. . 240 
"Witnesses for Christ 241 



Section 

Taught the Apostles 242 

Guides ministers in determining 

where to preach 243 

Is given to all disciples 244 

Brings to remembrance the word 

of God 245 

Convinces of sin, righteousness, 

and judgment 246 

Regenerates 24T 

Gives assurance to believers 243 

Sanctifies 249 

Strengthens the believer 250 

Prompts and helps in prayer 251 

Teaches and leads the believer .... 252 
Gives different talents to different 

men 253 

Not known by the natural man . . . 254 
Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit 

is not forgiven 255 



CHAPTER IV. 

ANGELS. 



They worship God 256 

Do the will of God— help the right- 
eous 257 

Execute God's judgments on the 

wicked 258 

Restrained Abraham 259 

Sometimes instructed the prophets. . 260 
Foretold the birth and character of 
persons 261 



Appeared in a material body and ate 

food 262 

Are not to be worshipped 263 

Foretold the birth of Christ 264 

Ministered to Christ. 265 

Rolled the stone from the sepulchre . . 266 

Declared Christ should come again . . 267 

They worship Christ 268 

Attend Christ in his kingdom 269 



CHAPTER V. 

DEVILS. 



They were angels, but sinned 270 

Sometimes appear as angels of light. . 271 

Instigate all wickedness 272 

Tempt men to wickedness 273 

Tempted Christ 274 

Power to do evil 275 

Darken the minds of the ungodly. . . 276 



Adversary of the righteous 277 

Temporary success against the right- 
eous 27S 

Contend against angels 279 

Know Christ and tremble 280 

Are not to be worshipped 2S1 

Shall be cast into the lake of fire 282 



Contents. 



XI 



CHAPTER VI. 
MAN. 



Section 
Created bt God 283 

Shall be fruitful and multiply 284 

Man's Eelative Position : — 
Lower than angels — has dominion 

over the earth 285 

Sin and Death 286 

The body dies, the spirit and soul 

live 287 

No knowledge of things transpir- 
ing on earth 288 

Eemember experiences of life, the 

good and bad are separated 289 

The righteous rest in peace with 

Christ 290 

The righteous not yet ascended to 

heaven 291 

There Shall be a Resurrection. . 292 

The righteous raised first 293 

Body of the righteous, incorrupt- 
ible, immortal 294 

Body of the righteous like that of 

Christ 295 

Body not subject to law controlling 

the natural body 296 

The Judgment in the End of the 

World 297 

Account for every word and action 298 
None know when the end shall be. 299 
All Should Eepent and Turn 

unto God 300 

Forgiveness and Salvation for 
those who Believe in Christ... 301 
Jesus Christ the only way to God. 302 
Must believe Christ to be the Son 

of God 303 

The Eighteous Know and Under- 
stand God 804 

To know God and Christ is life ... 305 
The wicked and worldly do not 

know God 306 

Divine Calling : — 
None come to Christ except the 

Father draw him 307 

All are drawn 308 

Man's Choice : — 

Whosoever will may come. 309 

Every one makes his own choice.. 310 
Every one who chooses to do his 
will shall know the doctrines of 
God 311 



Section 
Faith and Confession : — 
Impossible to please God unless we 

believe him 312 

Faith in Christ and confession of 

him are necessary 313 

If we deny him, he will deny us . . 314 
Evidences, Sufficient to Give As- 
surance 315 

Steadfastness and Trust : — 

Stand fast in the faith 316 

Cast all burdens and cares on the 

Lord 317 

Love God 318 

Fear God 319 

By the fear of God men depart 

from evil 320 

Eeverence God 321 

Seek God 322 

Worship God 323 

Prater : — 

Pray without ceasing 324 

Pray in the name of the Lord 

Jesus 325 

Asking contrary to God's will 326 

Asking according to his will 827 

Vain repetitions, unknown lan- 
guage 828 

After this manner therefore pray 

ye 329 

Design of our Creation and Ee- 
demption : — 

To show forth the glory and kind- 
ness of God 330 

Understand him and be his wit- 
nesses 331 

Tell what God has done for you.. 332 

Singing and thanksgiving 333 

Give thanks for food at time of 

eating 334 

Give unto the Lord the glory due 

to him 335 

Have no Other Gods Before the 

Lord God 836 

Image worship 337 

Divination, spiritualism 338 

Taking Oaths : — 
Swear only by the name of God . . . 339 
Take not the name of God in vain. 340 
Swear by nothing that God has 
created 341 



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Contents. 



Section 
Keep God's Commandments in the 
Heakt 342 

The Sabbath: — 

A day of holy convocation, and rest 
from secular labour 843 

Bead the word of God — preach the 
Gospel 344 

Works of mercy and necessity to be 

done 345 

Baptism : — 

It is right to be baptized 346 

In the name of the Father, Son, 
and Holy Ghost... 34T 

Practiced in the time of the apos- 
tles 348 

Lord's S upper:' — 

In remembrance of Christ 349 

Not to the satisfying of the appe- 
tite 350 

Fasting : — 
It is the custom of believers to fast. 351 
Believing the oppressed, to be seen 
of God only 352 

Intemperance : — 

Surfeiting and drunkenness 353 

Associating with drunkards 354 

Keeping the appetites in subjection. 355 
Giving strong drink to another per- 
son 356 

Defiling the body 357 

Doing Evil 358 

Giving offence, causing a brother 
to stumble 359 

Be Meek to all Men 360 

Be patient 361 

Pride and arrogance 362 

Esteem others more worthy than 
self 363 

Hospitality 364 

Murder, Hatred, Eevenge: — 

Murder and its penalty 365 

Hatred 366 

Eevenge 36T 

Anger, wrath 368 

Contention and strife 369 

Peacemaking 370 

A brother trespassing 371 

Adultery, Fornication 372 

Husband and Wifb: — 

Husband and wife one flesh 873 

Divorce 374 

Benevolence one to the other 375 

Husbands to wives 876 

Wives to husbands and households. 877 



Section 
Parents and Children : — 

Parents provide for the children. . . 378 

Train children for the Lord 379 

Do not provoke the child 380 

Have the children in subjection. . . 381 

Children, obey your parents 882 

Mocking or despising parents 3S3 

Masters and Servants : — 

Masters to servants 384 

Servants to masters 3S5 

Civil Government :— 

Choosing rulers 3S6 

Trials by the judges 387 

Judges and officers— impartial 383 

Government taxes 389 

Pray for all in authority. 390 

Laws contrary to God's command- 
ments 391 

Theft, Bobbery, Fraud 392 

The thief shall repay double 393 

The thief's partner. 394 

Cheating in buying and selling 395 

Covetousness 396 

Duty of all Persons to Work 897 

Increase and Use of Wealth : — 

Labouring for riches 39S 

Setting the heart on riches 899 

God gives the power to get wealth 400 
Honour the Lord with thy sub- 
stance 401 

Give according to prosperity 402 

Give not to be seen of men 403 

Give to the poor 404 

Treatment of Foreigners 405 

Giving Testimony : — 

False witness 406 

The number of witnesses 407 

Talking : — 
Do not lie, but speak the truth . . . 408 

Speak evil of no man 409 

Be swift to hear, slow to speak 410 

Do not flatter 411 

Be not a talebearer 412 

Do not revile nor curse 413 

Do not speak harshly, but pleas- 
antly 414 

Foolish talking and jesting 415 

Good Works: — 
Maintain good works with zeal . . . 416 
Deliver the oppressed, help the 

needy 417 

Voluntary self-humiliation 418 



Contents. 



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Section 

"Works and Salvation : — 
Justification not of works, but of 

grace. 419 

Salvation not of works, but of grace 420 

Children of God by Adoption 421 

Love one another 422 

Love the fulfilling of the law 423 

Christian Peiifection : — 

Be perfect before God 424 

Sanctification the will of God 425 

Peace with God by the blood of 

Christ 426 

Sanctified by the blood of Christ.. 427 
Free from the dominion of sin ... 42S 

Christian Priesthood 429 

Church Polity: — 
Church to be without divisions. .. 430 
Some to be apostles, some to be 

prophets, etc 431 

Abilities and duties differ in per- 
sons 432 

Eesponsible for use of abilities 433 

General superintendents — how ap- 
pointed 434 

Elders — how appointed. 435 

Elders — character and reputation. 436 
Elders — advised where to labour . . 437 

Churches advised 438 

Elders— duty of. 439 

Elders — neglect of duty 440 | 



Section 

Elders — Maintain doctrine 441 

Elders— superstitions, disputations 442 
Elders — obtain confidence of the 

people 443 

Elders — fearless, pleasing God 444 

Elders — how supported 445 

Elders — esteemed and honoured. . 446 

Elders — pray for 447 

Deacons — duty of 44S 

Deacons — how appointed 449 

Deacons— character, etc ,_^ 450 

Accused brethren tried by the 

Church 451 

Bad characters excommunicated.. 452 

False teachers excluded 453 

"Wicked persons and false teachers 

kept in the Church 454 

Letters of commendation 455 

The Bible : — 

Given by inspiration of God 456 

Gives light and understanding 457 

Scripture and traditions 458 

Able to accomplish that for which 

it is given 459 

All must hear and know 4G0 

Search and remember the Scrip- 
tures 461 

Written for our instruction 462 

Word of God fitted to the lips. ... 463 
Spread of the Troth 464 



CHAPTER VII. 

THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. 



Crbated by God 465 

Belongs unto God 466 

Bain and dew 467 



Storms and floods 468 

Winds and the sea 469 

Earth to be consumed 470 



CHAPTER VIII. 

ANIMALS. 



Animals — Created by God 471 

Under the dominion of men 472 

To be fed and cared for 473 



Used as food by man. . . ^. 474 

Used of God to punish disobedient 
people 475 



GOD'S GUIDE FOE MAN'S FAITH 
AND PRACTICE. 



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CHAPTER L 

GOD. 

§ 1. God is a Spirit. 

a. d. 27.] John 4. 24. God is a Spirit. 

A. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 3. 17. The Lord is that Spirit. 18 The 
Spirit of the Lord: [literally, the Lord, the Spirit.] 

§ 2. There is one God Only. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 4. 35. Unto thee it was showed, that thou 
mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else 
beside him. 39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in 
thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and 
upon the earth beneath: there is none else. 

Deut. 6. 4. Hear, O Israel : The Lord our God is one Lord. 

Deut. 32. 39. See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no 
god with me. 

b. c. 1042.] 2 Sam. 7. 22. Wherefore thou art great, O 
Lord God : for there is none like thee, neither is there any 
God besides thee. 

1 Chron. 17. 20. O Lord, there is none like thee, neither is 
there any God besides thee. 

b. c. 1018.] 2 Sam. 22. 32. For who is God, save the Lord ? 
and who is a rock, save our God ? 

B.C. 1015.] Psa. 86. 10. Thou art God alone. 

B.C. 1004-] 1 Kings 8. 60. That all the people of the earth 
may know that the Lord is God, and that there is none else. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 43. 10. Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, 
and my servant whom I have chosen ; that ye may know 
and believe me, and understand that I am he : before me there 
was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 

Isa. 44. 6. Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his 
Redeemer the Lord of hosts ; I am the first, and I am the 
last ; and beside me there is no God. 8 Is there a God beside 
me ? yea, there is no God ; I know not any. 



2 There is one God Only. [§ 2, 3. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 45. 5. I am the Lord, and there is none else, 
<7^?'e is no God beside me : I girded thee, though thou hast 
not known me; 6 That they may know from the rising of the 
sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am 
the Lord, and there is none else. 21 And there is no God else 
beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none be- 
side me. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of 
the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. 

Isa. 46. 9. Remember the former things of old: for I am 
God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like 
me. 

b. c. 710.] 2 Kings 19. 15. Thou art the God, even thou 
alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. 

b. c. 690.] Joel 2. 27. And ye shall know that I am in the 
midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and none 
else : and my people shall never be ashamed. 

b. c. 587.] Zech. 14. 9. And the Lord shall be king over all 
the earth : in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name 
one. 

a. d. 29.] Mark 12. 29. And Jesus answered him, The first 
of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel ; The Lord our 
God is one Lord. S2 And the scribe said unto him, "Well, 
Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and 
there is none other but he. 

a. d. 29. ~\ John 17. 3. And this is life eternal, that they 
might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom 
thou hast sent. 

A. d. 52.] Gal. 3. 20. Now a mediator is not a mediator of 
one, but God is one. 

A. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 8. 4. We know that an idol is nothing in 
the world, and that there is none other God but one. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 3. 29. Is he the God of the Jews only ? is 
he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: 
80 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision 
by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. 

a. d. 61.] Jam. 2. 19. Thou believest that there is one God; 
thou doest well : the devils also believe, and tremble. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 2. 5. For there is one God, and one Medi- 
ator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 

§ 3. God is Invisible. 

b. c. 1520.] Job 9. 11. Lo, he goeth by me, and I see Urn 
not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not. 

Job 23. 8. Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and 
backward, but I cannot perceive him: 9 On the left hand, 
where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth 
himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. 



§ 4.] God is Eternal. 3 

b. c. 1491.] Exod. 33. 20. And he said, Thou canst not see 
my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 4. 12. And the Lord spake unto you out 
of the midst of the lire : ye heard the voice of the words, but 
saw no similitude ; only ye heard a voice. 

A. d. 26.] John 1. 18. No man hath seen God at any time; 
the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, 
he hath declared him. 

a. d. 27.] John 5. 37. Ye have neither heard his voice at 
any time, nor seen his shape. 

a. d. 28.] John 6. 46. Not that any man hath seen the 
Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. 

A. d. 62.] Col. 1. 15. Who is the image of the invisible 
God. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 11. 27. For he endured, as seeing him who 
is invisible. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 6. 16. Whom no man hath seen, nor can 
see. 

§ 4. God is Eternal, Immortal. 

b. c. 1886.] Gen. 21. 33. And Abraham planted a grove in 
Beersheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the 
everlasting God. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 32. 40. For I lift up my hand to heaven, 
and say, I live for ever. 

Deut. 33. 27. The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath 
are the everlasting arms. 

b. c. 1489.] Psa. 90. 1. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling- 
place in all generations. 2 Before the mountains were brought 
forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even 
from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. 

b. c. IO42.] Psa. 9. 7. But the Lord shall endure for ever. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 40. 28. Hast thou not heard, that the ever- 
lasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, 
fainteth not, neither is weary ? 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 41. 4. Who hath wrought and done it, call- 
ing the generations from the beginning ? I, the Lord, the 
first, and with the last; I am he. 

Isa. 57. 15. For thus saith the high and lofty One that in- 
habiteth eternity. 

b. c. 6O4.] Jer. 10. 10. But the Lord is the true God, he is 
the living God, and an everlasting king. 

b. c. 600.] Hab. 3. 6. His ways are everlasting. 

b. c. 588.] Lam. 5. 19. Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; 
thy throne from generation to generation. 

b. c. 570.] Dan. 4. 3. His kingdom is an everlasting king- 
dom, and his dominion is from generation to generation. 

B. c. 537.] Dan. 6. 26. For he is the living God, and stead- 



4 God is the Fiest and the Last. [§ 5-8. 

fast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be de- 
stroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. 

a. D. 58.] Rom. 16. 26. According to the commandment of 
the everlasting God. 

§ 5. God only has Immortality. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 6. 15. The blessed and only Potentate, 
the King of kings, and Lord of lords ; 16 Who only hath im- 
mortality. 

§ 6. God is the First and the Last. . 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 41. 4. Who hath wrought and done it, call- 
ing the generations, from the beginning ? I the Lord, the 
first, and with the last; I am he. 

Isa. 44. 6. Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his 
Redeemer the Lord of hosts ; I am the first, and I am the last ; 
and beside me there is no God. 

Isa. 48. 12. Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my 
called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 21. 6. And he said unto me, It is done. I 
am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. 7 He that 
overcometh shall inherit all things ; and I will be his God, 
and he shall be my son. 

§ 7. God cannot be Contained in the Heavens. 

b. c. 1015.] 2 Chron. 2. 6. But who is able to build him 
a house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot 
contain him ? 

b. c. 100^.] 1 Kings 8. 27. But will God indeed dwell on 
the earth ? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot 
contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded ? 

§ 8. God is in Heaven and in Earth. 

B. c. 712.] Isa. 66. 1. Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is 
my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house 
that ye build unto me ? and where is the place of my rest ? 

b. c. 598.] Jer. 23. 24. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith 
the Lord, 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 5. 34. But I say unto you, Swear not at all; 
neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : 35 Nor by the earth ; 
for it is his footstool. 

Matt. 23. 22. And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth 
by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 

a. r>. 31.1 Acts 7. 48. Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not 
in temples made with hands ; as saith the prophet, 49 Heaven 



§ 9-11.] God — No hiding from his Presence. 5 

is my throne, and earth is my footstool : what house will ye 
build me ? saith the Lord : or what is the place of my rest ? 

§ 9. God is near to Every One of Vs. 

b. c. 598.] Jer. 23. 23. Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, 
and not a God afar off ? 

a. d. 54.] Acts 17. 27. That they should seek the Lord, if 
haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be 
not far from every one of us. 

§ 10. None can hide from, the Presence of God. 

B. c. 1015.] Psa. 139. 7. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? 
or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into 
heaven, thou art there : if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou 
art there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell 
in the uttermost parts of the sea ; 10 Even there shall thy hand 
lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. "If I say, Surely 
the darkness shall cover me ; even the night shall be light about 
me. 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee ; but the 
night shineth as the day : the darkness and the light are both 
alike to thee. 

b. c. 787.] Amos 9. 1. I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: 
and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the post may 
shake : and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay 
the last of them with the sword : he that fleeth of them shall 
not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be de- 
livered. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand 
take them ; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I 
bring them down : 3 And though they hide themselves in the 
top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence ; and 
though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, 
thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them : 
4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, 
thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them : 
and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. 

B.C. 598.~\ Jer. 23.24. Can any hide himself in secret places 
that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. 

§ 11. God Sees and Hears Every Thing. 

B. c. 4004.'] Gen. 1. 31. And God saw every thing that he 
had made, and, behold, it was very good. 

b. c. 1520.] Job 28. 10. And his eye seeth every precious 
thing. 24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth 
under the whole heaven. 

b. c. 1034.] Psa. 83. 13. The Lord looketh from heaven ; he 



6 God is Unchangeable. [§ 12, 13. 

beboldetli all the sons of men. 14 From the place of his habi- 
tation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. 

B. c. 1000.] Prov. 15. 3. The eyes of the Lord are in every 
place, beholding the evil and the good. 

B. c. 7 IS.] Isa. 59. 1. Behold, the Lord's hand is not short- 
ened, that it cannot save ; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot 
hear. 

b. c. 589.] Jer. 32. 19. For thine eyes are open upon all the 
ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his 
ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. 

b. c. 588.] Psa. 94. 9. He that planted the ear, shall he not 
hear ? he that formed the eye, shall he not see ? 

b. c. 534.] Psa. 66. 7. His eyes behold the nations : let not 
the rebellious exalt themselves. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 4. 13. Neither is there any creature that is 
not manifest in his sight : but all things are naked and opened 
unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. 

§ 12. God is Unchangeable. 

B. c. 1520.] Job 23. 13. But he is in one mind, and who 
can turn him ? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 

b. c. 897.] Mai. 3. 6. For I am the Lord, I change not; 
therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. 

a. d. 61.] James 1. 17. Every good gift and every perfect 
gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, 
with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 

§13. God is Infinite in Wisdom and Understanding. 

B. c. 1520.] Job 9. 4. He is wise in heart, and mighty in 
strength. 

Job 12. 13. With him is wisdom and strength, he hath 
counsel and understanding. 16 With him is strength and 
wisdom. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 8. 14. Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom : 
J am understanding ; I have strength. 

b. c. 713.] Isa. 31. 2. Yet lie also is wise. 

b. c. 603.] Dan. 2. 20. Daniel answered and said, Blessed 
be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might 
are his. 

b. c. 515.] Psa. 147. 5. Great is our Lord, and of great power: 
his understanding is infinite. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 11. 33. O the depth of the riches both of the 
wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his 
judgments, and his ways past finding out ! 

Rom. 16. 27. To God only wise, ~be glory through Jesus 
Christ for ever. 



§ 14, 15.] God the Giver of Wisdom. 7 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 1. 17. Now unto the King eternal, im- 
mortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for- 
ever and ever. 

Jude 25. To the only wise God our Saviour be glory and 
majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. 

§ 14. God has done all things in Wisdom. 

B. c. 1015.] Psa. 104. 24. O Lord, how manifold are thy 
works! in wisdom hast thou made them all. 

b. c. 100 4.] Psa. 136. 5. To him that by wisdom made the 
heavens. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 3. 19. The Lord by wisdom hath founded 
the earth ; by understanding hath he established the heavens. 

b. c. 607.] Jer. 10. 12. He hath made the earth by his pow- 
er, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath 
stretched out the heavens by his discretion. 

§ 15. God is the giver of Wisdom and Understanding 

to Men. 

b. c. 1044-] Psa. 51. 6. Behold, thou desirest truth in the 
inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to 
know wisdom. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 2. 6. For the Lord gi vet h wisdom: out of 
his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. 

b. c. 977.] Eccl. 2. 26. For God giveth to a man that is good 
in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy. 

b. c. 60S.] Dan. 2. 20. Daniel answered and said, Blessed 
be the name of God for ever and ever : for wisdom and might 
are his : 21 And he changeth the times and the seasons : he re- 
moveth kinge and setteth up kings : he giveth wisdom unto the 
wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding : 22 He 
revealeth the deep and secret things: he know T eth what is in 
the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. 23 I thank 
thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast 
given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me 
now what we desired of thee : for thou hast now made known 
unto us the king's matter. 

a. d. SI.] Acts 7. 9. And the patriarchs, moved with envy, 
sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, 10 And de- 
livered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and 
wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 

a. d. 61.] James 1. 5. If any of you lack wisdom, let him 
ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth 
not; and it shall be given him. 



8 God the Giver of Wisdom. [§ 16. 

§ 16. God is the giver of Judicial Wisdom. 

B. c. 101^.] 1 Kings 3. 5. In Gibeon the Lord appeared to 
Solomon in a dream by night : and God said, Ask what I shall 
give thee. 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy 
servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked 
before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness 
of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great 
kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, 
as it is this day. 7 And now, O Lord my God, thou hast 
made thy servant king instead of David my father : and I am 
iut a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. 
8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou 
hast chosen, a great .people, that cannot be numbered nor 
counted for multitude. 9 Give therefore thy servant an under- 
standing heart to judge thy people, that I may discern be- 
tween good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so 
great a people? 10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Sol- 
omon had asked this thing. n And God said unto him, Be- 
cause thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thy- 
self long life ; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast 
asked the life of thine enemies ; but hast asked for thyself 
understanding to discern judgment; 12 Behold, I have done ac- 
cording to thy word : lo, I have given thee a wise and under- 
standing heart ; so that there was none like thee before thee, nei- 
ther after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 13 And I have also 
given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and 
honour : so that there shall not be any among the kings like 
unto thee all thy days. 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, 
to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father 
David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. 15 And Solo- 
mon awoke ; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to 
Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the 
Lord, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offer- 
ings, and made a feast to all his servants. 16 Then came there 
two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before 
him. 17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this wom- 
an dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with 
her in the house. 18 And it came to pass the third day after 
that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and 
we were together ; there was no stranger with us in the house, 
save we two in the house. 19 And this woman's child died in 
the night ; because she overlaid it. 20 And she arose at mid- 
night, and took my son from beside me, while thine hand- 
maid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child 
in my bosom. 21 And when I rose in the morning to give my 
child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered 
it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did 



§ 17.] God the Givee of Wisdom. 9 

bear. 22 And the other woman said, Nay ; but the living is 
my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No ; but the 
dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake 
before the king. 23 Then said the king, The one saith, This 
is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead : and the other 
saith, Nay ; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. 
24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought 
a sword before the king. 25 And the king said, Divide the 
living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the 
other. 26 The spake the woman whose the living child was 
unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she 
said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay 
it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but 
divide it. 27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the 
living child, and in no wise slay it : she is the mother thereof. 
28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had 
judged ; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wis- 
dom of God was in him to do judgment. 

§ 17. God is the giver of Wisdom, Understanding, and 
Skill in Arts, Sciences, and Poetry. 

b. c. 1491.] Exod. 31. 1. And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 2 See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, 
the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : 8 And I have filled 
him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understand- 
ing, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workman- 
ship, 4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in 
silver, and in brass, 6 And in cutting of stones, to set them, 
and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workman- 
ship. 6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the 
son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of 
all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may 
make all that I have commanded thee ; 7 The tabernacle of 
the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the 
mercyseat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the 
tabernacle, 8 And the table and his furniture, and the pure 
candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, 
9 And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and 
the laver and his foot, 10 And the clothes of service, and the 
holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his 
sons, to minister in the priest's office, " And the anointing 
oil, and sweet incense for the holy place ; according to all 
that I have commanded thee shall they do. 

b. c. 1490.] Exod. 36. 1. Then wrought Bezaleel and Aho- 
liab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the Lord put wis- 
dom and understanding to know how to work all manner of 
work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that 
the Lord had commanded. 2 And Moses called Bezaleel and 



10 God the Giver of Wisdom. [§18,19. 

Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the Lord 
had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to 
come unto the work to do it : 8 And they received of Moses 
all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for 
the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. 
And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning. 
4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the 
sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made. 

b. c. 975.] 1 Kings 4. 29. And God gave Solomon wisdom 
and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, 
even as the sand that is on the sea shore. 30 And Solomon's 
wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, 
country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser 
than all men ; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and 
Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol : and his fame was in 
all nations round about. 82 And he spake three thousand 
proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. 33 And he 
spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even 
unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also 
of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. 
84 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solo- 
mon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his 
wisdom. 

b. c. 606.] Dan. 1. 17. As for these four children, God gave 
them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom : and 
Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. 19 And 
the king communed with them; and among them all w T as 
found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: 
therefore stood they before the king. 20 And in all matters 
of wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired of them, 
he found them ten times better than all the magicians and 
astrologers that were in all his realm. 



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§ 18. God is Perfect in Knowledge. 

b. c. 1520.1 Job 36. 4. He that is perfect in knowledge is 
with thee. 

Job 37. 16. Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, 
the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge ? 

A. d. 52.] Acts 15. 18. Known unto God are all his works, 
from the beginning of the world. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 3. 20. For if our heart condemn us, God 
is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 

§ 19. God knows and understands the Thoughts and 

Actions of Men. 

b. c. 1520.] Job 23. 10. But he knoweth the way that I 

take. 



§ 20, 21.] God Knows the Hearts op Men. 11 

b. c. 1520.] Job 42. 2. I know that thou canst do every thing, 
and that no thought can be withholden from thee. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 31. 21. For I know their imagination 
which they go about. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 139. 1. O Lord, thou hast searched me, 
and known me. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine 
uprising; thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou 
compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted 
with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, 
out, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. 6 Thou hast beset 
me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. 6 Such 
knowledge is too wonderful for me ; it is high, I cannot 
attain unto it. 

b. c. 1015.] 1 Chron. 28. 9. For the Lord searcheth all 
hearts, andunderstandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts. 

b. c. 710.] Psa. 44. 21. Shall not God search this out ? for 
he knoweth the secrets of the heart. 

b. c. 594.] Ezek. 11. 5. And the Spirit of the Lord fell 
upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the Lord; 
Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things 
that come into your mind, every one of them. 

b. c. 588.] Psa. 94. 11. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of 
man, that they are vanity. 

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§ 20. God knows the Hearts of Men. 

b. c. 1817.] Gen. 20. 6. Yea, I know that thou didst this in 
the integrity of thy heart. 

b. c. 1053.] 1 Sam. 16. 7. For the Lord seeth not as man 
seeth ; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the 
Lord looketh on the heart. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 139. 23. Search me, O God, and know my 
heart : try me, and know my thoughts. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 19. 14. Let the words of my mouth, and 
the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O 
Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. 

b. c. 598.] Jer. 12. 3. But thou, O Lord, knowest me: thou 
hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee. 

A. d. 29.] Luke 16. 15. And he said unto them. Ye are they 
which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your 

hearts. 

§ 21. God knows them that Love and Trust Sim. 

b. c. 1032.] 2 Sam. 7. 20. And what can David say more 
unto thee ? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant. 

b. c. 713.] Nah. 1. 7. The Lord is good, a strong hold in 
the day of trouble ; and he knoweth them that trust in him. 
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12 God Knows What We Need. [§ 22-25. 

b. c. 444-] Psa. 1. 6. For the Lord knoweth the way of the 
righteous. 

A. d. 52.] Gal. 4. 9. But now, after that ye have known 
God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the 
weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be 
in bondage ? 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 8. 3. But if any man love God, the same 
is known of him. 

a. d. 65.] 2 Tim. 2. 19. Nevertheless the foundation of God 
stand eth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that 
are his. 

§ 22. God knows who will Teach their Children to 

Keep His Ways. 

b. c. 1897.] Gen. 18. 17. And the Lord said, Shall I hide 
from Abraham that thing which I do ; 18 Seeing that Abraham 
shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the 
nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19 For I know 
him, that he will command his children and his household 
after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do 
justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abra- 
ham that which he hath spoken of him. 

§ 23. God knows what we Need. 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 6. 8. For your Father knoweth what tilings 
ye have need of, before ye ask him. 31 Therefore take no 
thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? 
or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed ? 32 (For after all these 
things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father know- 
eth that ye have need of all these things. 

§ 24. God knovis how to Deliver the Godly and He- 
serve the Unjust to be Punished. 

A. d. 60.] 2 Pet. 2. 9. The Lord knoweth how to deliver 
the godly out of temptation, and to reserve the unjust unto 
the day of judgment to be punished. 

§ 25. God only knqps what will Be, and the End from 

the Beginning. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 42. 9. Behold, the former things are come to 
pass, and new things do I declare : before they spring forth 
I tell you of them. 

Isa. 44. 7. And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, 
and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient peo- 



26.] 



God — Righteousness oe Nations. 13 



pie? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them 
show unto them. 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not 
I told thee from that time, and have declared it? 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 45. 21. Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let 
them take counsel together: who hath declared this from an- 
cient time ? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? 

Isa. 46. 9. Remember the former things of old : for I am 
God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none 
like me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from 
ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My 
counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure. 

A. d. 29.] Matt. 24. 36. But of that day and hour knoweth 
no ma, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 

Mark 13. 32. But of that day and that hour knoweth no 
man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, 
but the Father. 33 Take ye heed, watch and pray ; for ye 
know not when the time is. 

Acts 1. 7. And he said unto them, It is not for you to know 
the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his 
own power. 

§ 26. God Remembers the' Righteousness of N ations and 

of Individuals. 

B. c. 1063.] Psa. 9. 11. Sing praises to the Lord, which 
dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. 
12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them : 
he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. 

b. c. 629.] Jer. 2. 2. Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, 
saying, Thus saith the Lord ; I remember thee, the kindness 
of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest 
after me in the wilderness, in a land that ioas not sown. 

b. c. 587.] Jer. 30. 10. Therefore fear thou not, O my ser- 
vant Jacob, saith the Lord ; neither be dismayed, Israel : for, 
lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of 
their captivity ; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and 
be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. 20 Their children 
also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be es- 
tablished before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. 

b. c. 536.] Psa. 112. 6. Surely he shall not be moved for 
ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. 

b. c. 397.] Mai. 3. 16. Then they that feared the Lord 
spake often one to another : and the Lord hearkened, and heard 
it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for 
them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. 
17 And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day 
when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man 
spareth his own son that serveth him. 



14 God — Wickedness of Nations. [§27,28. 

a. d. 31.] Acts 10. 30. And Cornelius said, Four days ago I 
was fasting until this hour ; and at the ninth hour I prayed 
in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright 
clothing, 31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and 
thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 6. 10. For God is not unrighteous to forget 
your work and labor of love, which ye have showed toward 
his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do 
minister. 

§ 27. God Remembers the Wickedness of Nations. 

b. c. 1079.] 1 Sam. 15. 2. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I 
remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait 
for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 

b. c. 780.] Hos. 7. 2. And they consider not in their hearts 
that I remember all their wickedness : now their own doings 
have beset them about; they are before my face. 

Hos. 8. 12. I have written to him the great things of my law, 
hit they were counted as a strange thing. 13 They sacrifice 
flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; out the 
Lord accepteth them not ; now will he remember their iniquity, 
and visit their sins : they shall return to Egypt. 

Hos. 9. 9. They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the 
days of Gibeah : therefore he will remember their iniquity, 
he will visit their sins. 

b. c. 605.] Jer. 14. 10. Thus saith the Lord unfo this people, 
Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained 
their feet, therefore the Lord doth not accept them; he will 
now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 18. 2. And he cried mightily with a strong 
voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is be- 
come the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul 
spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3 For 
all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her forni- 
cation, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication 
with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich 
through the abundance of her delicacies. 4 And I heard an- 
other voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, 
that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not 
of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, 
and God hath remembered her iniquities. 

§ 28. God Remembers Individuals. 

b. c. 23^8.] Gen. 8. 1. And God remembered Noah, and 
every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the 
ark. 



§ 29.] God Remembees His Covenants. 15 

b. c. 1894-] Gen. 19. 29. And it came to pass, when God de- 
stroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abra- 
ham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when 
he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. 

b. c. 1746.] Gen. 30. 22. And God remembered Rachel, and 
God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. 

b. c. 1171.] 1 Sam. 1. 1. Now there was a certain man of 
Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was 
Elkanah : 2 And he had two wives; the name of the one was 
Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah : and Pen- 
innah had children, but Hannah had no children. 10 And she 
was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord and wept 
sore. 19 And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife ; and the Lord 
remembered her. 20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the 
time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she 
bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I 
have asked him of the Lord. 

§ 29. God Remembers his Covenants. 

b. c. 2347.] Gen. 9. 15. And I will remember my covenant, 
which is between me and you and every living creature of all 
flesh. 

b. c. 1500.] Exod. 2. 24. And God remembered his cove- 
nant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 26 And God 
looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto 
them. 

b. c. 1591.] Exod. 6. 2. And God spake unto Moses, and 
said unto him, I am the Lord: 6 And I have remembered my 
covenant. 6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am 
the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of 
the Egyptians. 

b. c~ 1590.] Lev. 26. 42. Then will I remember my cove- 
nant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also 
my covenant with Abraham will I remember. 

b. c. 1041.] Psa. 105. 8. He hath remembered his covenant 
forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand genera- 
tions. 

b. c. 594.] Ezek. 16. 60. Nevertheless, I will remember 
my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will 
establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. 

b. c. 536.] Psa. 106. 45. And he remembered for them his 
covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his 
mercies. 

b. c. 5.] Luke 1. 68. Blessed oe the Lord God of Israel; 
for he hath visited and redeemed his people, 72 To perform 
the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy 
covenant. 



16 God is Almighty. [§30,31. 

§ 30. God is Almighty. 

B. c. 1897.] Gen. 17. 1. And when Abram was ninety years 
old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto 
him, I am the Almighty God ; walk before me, and be thou 
perfect. 

b. c. 1738.] Gen. 35. 11. And God said unto him, I am God 
Almighty. 

b. c. 1689.~\ Gen. 48. 3. And Jacob said unto Joseph, God 
Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, 
and blessed me. 

b. c. 1491.] Exod. 6. 2. And God spake unto Moses, and 
said unto him, I am the Lord : s And I appeared unto Abra- 
ham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Al- 
mighty; but by my name Jehovah was I not known to 
them. 

A. d. 96.] Rev. 11. 16. And the four and twenty elders, 
which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and 
worshipped God, 17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord 
God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come ; because 
thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. 

§ 31. With God all Things are Possible. 

b. c. 1897.] Gen. 18. 14. Is any thing too hard for the 
Lord? 

b. c. 1520.] Job 5. 8. I would seek unto God, and unto 
God would I commit my cause: 9 Which doeth great things 
and unsearchable; marvellous things without number. 

Job 9. 10. Which doeth great things past finding out ; yea, 
and wonders without number. 

Job 37. 5. God thundereth marvellously with his voice; 
great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. 

Job 42. 2. I know that thou canst do every thing, and that 
no thought can be withholden from thee. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 72. 18. Blessed be the Lord God, the God 
of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. 

Psa. 86. 10. For thou art great, and doest wondrous things; 
thou art God alone. 

b. c. IOO4.] Psa. 136. 4. To him who alone doeth great 
wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 45. 7. I form the light, and create dark- 
ness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these 
things. 

B. c. 589.] Jer. 32. 17. Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast 
made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and 
stretched out arm, a?2<2 there is nothing too hard for thee. 
27 Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any 
thing too hard for me ? 



§ 32.] With God all Things aee Possible. 17 

b. c. 580.] Dan. 3. 17. Our God whom we serve is able to 
deliver us from the burning fiery furnace r and he will de- 
liver us out of thine hand, O king. 

b. c. 5^7.] Dan. 6. 19. Then the king arose very early in 
the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. 20 And 
when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice 
unto Daniel : and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Dan- 
iel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest 
continually, able to deliver thee from the lions ? 21 Then said 
Daniel unto the king. O king, live for ever. 22 My God hath 
sent his angel, and hath shut the lions 1 mouths, that they 
have not hurt me : forasmuch as before him innocency was 
found in me ; and also before thee, O king, have I done no 
hurt. 

b. c. 5.] Luke 1. 37. For with God nothing shall be im- 
possible. 

a. D. 26. ~\ Matt. 3. 9. And think not to say within your- 
selves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, 
that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto 
Abraham. 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 10. 28. And fear not them which kill the 
boclv, but are not able to kill the soul : but rather fear him 
which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 19. 26. But Jesus beheld them, and said 
unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all 
things are possible. 

Luke 18. 27. And he said, The things which are impossible 
with men are possible with God. 

§ 32. God is able to Perform what he has Promised. 

A. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 9. 8. And God is able to make all grace 
abound toward you ; that ye, always having all sufficiency in 
all things, may abound to every good work. 

A. d. 58.] Rom. 4. 21. And being fully persuaded, that 
what he had promised, he was able also to perform. 

Rom. 11. 23. And they also, if they abide not still in un- 
belief, shall be graffed in : for God is able to graff them in 
again. 

Rom. 14. 4. Who art thou that judgest another man's ser- 
vant? to his own master he standeth or falleth; yea, he shall 
be holden up : for God is able to make him stand. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 3. 20. Now unto him that is able to do ex- 
ceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according 
to the power that worketh in us. 

James 4. 12. There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and 
to destroy. 

a. d. 65.] 2 Tim. 1. 12. For the which cause I also suffer 



18 God Does what He Pleases. [§ 33,34. 

these things : nevertheless I am not ashamed ; for I know 
whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to 
keep that which I have committed unto him against that 
day. 

a. d. 65.] Jude 24. Now unto him that is able to keep you 
from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence 
of his glory with exceeding joy, 26 To the only wise God our 
Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both 
now and ever. Amen. 

§ 33. God does what he Pleases and Wills. 

B. c. 1451.] Deut. 32. 39. See now that I, even I, am he, and 
there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I w T ound, 
and I heal : neither is there any that can deliver out of my 
hand. 

b. c. lOO^.] Psa. 135. 6. Whatsoever the Lord pleased, 
that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep 
places. 

b. c. 896.] Psa. 115. 3. But our God is in the heavens: he 
hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. 

b. c. 896.] 2 Chron. 20. 6. And said, O Lord God of our 
fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over 
all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there 
not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 43. 13. Yea, before the day was I am he; 
and there is none that can deliver out of my hand : I will work, 
and who shall let it? 

b. c. 570.] Dan. 4. 35. And all the inhabitants of the earth 
are reputed as nothing : and he doeth according to his will in 
the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth : and 
none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? 

a. d. J$.] Acts 11. 17. Forasmuch then as God gave them 
the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord 
Jesus Christ, what was I, that I could withstand God? 

§ 34. Power belongs unto God. 

b. c. 1023.2 P sa - 62. 11. God hath spoken once ; twice have 
I heard this; that power oelongeth unto God. 

b. c. 1015.] 1 Chron. 29. 11. Thine, O Lord, is the great- 
ness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the 
majesty : for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; 
thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head 
above all. 

A. d. 96.] Kev. 19. 1. And after these things I heard a great 
voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia ; Salvation, 
and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God. 



§ 35, 36.] God is Good. 19 

§ 35. God is the giver of Sfrength and Power unto Men. 

b. c. 1045.] Psa. 68. 35. O G-od, thou art terrible out of thy 
holy places : the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and 
power unto his people. Blessed be God. 

b. c. 712.'] Isa, 40. 29. He giveth power to the faint; and 
to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 

b. c. 503.] Dan. 2. 37. Thou, O king, art a king of kings: 
for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and 
strength, and glory. S8 And wheresoever the children of men 
dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven 
hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over 
them all. 

A. D. 29.] John 19. 10. Then saith Pilate unto him, Speak- 
est thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to 
crucify thee, and have power to release thee? "Jesus an- 
swered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, ex- 
cept it \?ere given thee from above: therefore he that deliv- 
ered me unto thee hath the greater sin. 

A. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 13. 10. Therefore I write these things be- 
ing absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, accord- 
ing to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, 
and not to destruction. 

a. d. 65.] 2 Tim. 1. 7. For God hath not given us the spirit 
of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 

§ 36. God is Good. 

b. c. llftl.] Exod. 33. 19. And he said, I will make all my 
goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of 
the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be 
gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 

Exod. 34. 6. And the Lord passed by before him, and pro- 
claimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, 
longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. 

B.C. 1060.] Psa. 34. 8. O taste and see that the Lord Osgood: 
olessed is the man that trusteth in him. 

Psa. 52. 1. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty 
man? the goodness of God endureth continually. 

B. c. 1044-1 P sa - H8. 1. O give thanks unto the Lord; for 
he is good ; because his mercy endureth for ever. 

B. c. 1034-] Psa. 33. 5. He loveth righteousness and judg- 
ment : the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. 

B. c. 1015.] Psa. 86. 5. For thou, Lord, art good, and ready 
to forgive ; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call 
upon thee. 

Psa, 145, 9. The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies 

are over all his works. 
2* 



20 God is Holy. [§ »7. 

b. c. 1004-] Psa. 136. 1. O give thanks unto the Lord; for 
he is good : for his mercy endureth for ever. 

2 Chron. 5. 13. It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and 
singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in prais- 
ing and thauking the Lord ; and when they lifted up their 
voice with the trumpet and cymbals and instruments of 
music, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good ; for his 
mercy endureth for ever; that then the house was filled with a 
cloud, even the house of the Lord. 

b. c. 710.] Psa. 73. 1. Truly God is good to Israel, even to 
such as are of a clean heart. 

b. c. 587.] Jer. 31. 14. And my people shall be satisfied 
with my goodness, saith the Lord. 

Zech. 9. 17. For how great is his goodness, and how great 
is his beauty ! 

b. c. 539.] Psa. 25. 7. Remember not the sins of my youth, 
nor my transgressions : according to thy mercy remember thou 
me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord. 8 Good and upright is 
the Lord : therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 19. 17. And he said unto him, Why callest 
thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 2. 4. Or despisest thou the riches of his 
goodness and forbearance and longsuffering ; not knowing 
that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance ? 



§ 37. God is Holy. 

B. c. Ili91.~\ Exod. 15. 11. Who is like unto thee, O Lord, 
among the gods ? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fear- 
ful in praises, doing wonders ? 

b. c. 1490.] Lev. 11. 44. For I am the Lord your God: ye 
shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy ; for 
I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner 
of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 40 For I am 
the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be 
your God : ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 

Lev. 19. 2. Speak unto all the congregation of the children 
of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord 
your God am holy. 

Lev. 20. 26. And ye shall be holy unto me : for I the Lord 
am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye 
should be mine. 

Lev. 21. 8. Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offer- 
eth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I 
the Lord, which sanctify you, am holy. 

b. c. 1433.] Josh. 24. 19. And Joshua said unto the people, 
Ye cannot serve the Lord : for he is a holy God. 



§ 38, 39.] . God is Pure. 21 

b. c. IO4.4.] Psa. 22. 3. But tliou art holy, O thou that in- 
habitest the praises of Israel. 

b. c. 1023.] Psa. 71. 22. I will also praise thee with the 
psaltery, even thy truth, O my God : unto thee will I sing with 
the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. 

b. c. 1015.) Psa. 89. 18. For the Lord is our defence; and 
the Holy One of Israel is our king. 

b. c. 1004.] Psa. 97. 12. Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; 
and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. 

Psa. 99. 3. Let them praise thy great and terrible name ; 
for it is holy. 6 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at 
his footstool ; for he is holy. 

b. c. 740.] Hosea 11. 9. I will not execute the fierceness of 
mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am 
God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and 
I will not enter into the city. 

a. d. 29.} John 17. 11. Holy Father, keep through thine, 
own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be 
one, as we are. 

b. c. 60.] 1 Pet. 1. 16. Because it is written, Be ye holy; 
for I am holy. 

"a. d. 96.] Rev. 4. 8. And the four beasts had each of them 
six wings about him ; and they were full of eyes within: and 
they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord 
God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 

§ 38. God is Pure. 

B. c. 1520.] Job 4. 17. Shall a man be more pure than his 
Maker ? 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 12. 6. The words of the Lord are pure 
words : as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven 
times. 

Psa. 19. 8. The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlight- 
ening the eyes. 

B. c. 700.] Prov. 30. 5. Every word of God is pure. 

b. c. 600.2 Ha0 - *• 13- Thou art of purer eyes than to be- 
hold evil, and canst not look on iniquity. 

B. c. 444.} Psa. 119. 140. Thy word is very pure: therefore 
thy servant loveth it. 

§ 39. God is Righteous. 

B. c. 1520.] Job 36. 3. I will fetch my knowledge from 
afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 

B. C. 1491.] Exod. 9. 27. And Pharaoh sent, and called for 
Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this 
time: the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. 



22 God is Just. [§ 40. 

b. c. 1062.'] Psa. 11. 7. For the righteous Lord loveth 
righteousness: his countenance doth behold the upright. 

b. c. 1023.'] Psa. 71. 19. Thy righteousness also, 6 God, is 
very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like 
unto thee ! 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 145. 17. The Lord is righteous in all his 
ways, and holy in all his works. 

b. c. 610. ] Jer. 9. 24. But let him that glorieth glory in this, 
th.at he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord 
which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, 
in the earth : for in these things I delight, saith the Lord. 

b. c. 598.] Jer. 12. 1. Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I 
plead with thee. 

b. c. 539.] Psa. 36. 6. Thy righteousness is like the great 
mountains. 

Psa. 92. 15. To show that the Lord is upright: he is my 
rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. 

B. c. 538.] Dan. 9. 7. O Lord, righteousness oelongeth unto 
thee. 

b. c. 536.] Psa. 111.. 3. His work is honourable and glorious: 
and his righteousness endureth for ever. 

b. c. M4-] P sa - H9- 137. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and 
upright are thy judgments. 142 Thy righteousness is an ever- 
lasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. 

a. d. 29.] John 17. 25. righteous Father, the world hath 
not known thee. 

a. d. 65.] 2 Tim. 4. 8. Henceforth there is laid up for me 
a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, 
shall give me at that day: and .not to me only, but unto all 
them also that love his appearing. 

A. d. 9&.\ Rev. 16. 5. And I heard the angel of the waters 
say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and 
shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. 7 And I heard an- 
other out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true 
and righteous are thy judgments. 

§ 40. God is Just. 

b. c. 1520.] Job 4. 17. Shall mortal man be more just than 
God? shall a man be more pure than his Maker ? 

Job 8. 3. Doth God pervert judgment ? or doth the Al- 
mighty pervert justice? 

Job 37. 23. Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him 
out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty 
of justice : he will not afflict. 

b. c. 1451.] Dent. 32. 4. He is the Rock, his work is per- 
fect ; for all his ways are judgment : a God of truth and with- 
out iniquity, just and right is he. 



§ 41, 42.] God is Tetje. 23 

b. c. 7-Z&] Isa. 45. 21. A just God and a Saviour: there is 
none beside me. 

b. c. 630.] Zeph. 3. 5. The just Lord is in the midst thereof ; 
he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his 
judgment to light, he faileth not. 

b. c. 595.] Jer. 50. 7. They have sinned against the Lord, 
the habitation of justice, even the Lord, the hope of their 
fathers. 

b. c. 589.] Psa. 89. 14. Justice and judgment are the habi- 
tation of thy throne : mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 1. 9. If we confess our sins, he is faith- 
ful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all 
unrighteousness. 

A. d. 96.] Rev. 15. 3. Just and true are thy ways, thou King 
of saints. 

§ 41. God is True. 

b. c. 1591.] Exod. 34. 6. And the Lord passed by before 
him, and proclaimed, the Lord, The Lord God, merciful and 
gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. 

b. c. 145 X] Deut. 32. 4. He is the Rock, his work is per- 
fect; for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth, and with- 
out iniquity, just and right is he. 

B. c. 1061.] Psa. 96. 13. He shall judge the world with 
righteousness, and the people with his truth. 

b. c. 1060.] Psa. 31. 5. Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord 
God of truth, 

b. c. 1015,] Psa. 86. 15. But thou, O Lord, art a God full 
of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in 
mercy and truth. 

Psa. 91. 4, His truth shall oe thy shield and buckler. 

b. c. 1004.'] Psa. 100. 5. For the Lord is good; his mercy is 
everlasting, and his truth endureth to all generations. 

b. c. 712,] Isa. 25. 1. Thy counsels of old are faithfulness 
and truth. 

b, c. 570.] Dan. 4. 37. Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and 
extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth. 

B. c. 53.9.] Psa. 89. 14. Justice and judgment are the hab- 
itation of thy throne : mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 15. 3. Just and true are thy ways, thou King 
of saints, 

§ 42. God is Faithful. 

B. c. 1451."] Deut. 17. 9. Know therefore that the Lord 
thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant 
and mercy with them that love him and keep his command- 
ments to a thousand generations. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 49. 7, The Lord that is faithful. 



24 God is Compassionate. [§ 43. 

B. c. 588.] Lam. 3. 32. Great is thy faithfulness. 

b. c. 539.] Psa. 36. 5. Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heav- 
ens ; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. 

b. c. 444-] P sa - H9. 90. Thy faithfulness is unto all genera- 
tions. 

a. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 5. 24. Faithful is he that calleth you, 
who also will do it. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Pet. 4. 19. Wherefore, let them that suffer ac- 
cording to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls 
to Mm in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 10. 23. Let us hold fast the profession of our 
faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 1. 9. If we confess our sins, he is faith- 
ful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all 
unrighteousness. 

§ 43. God is Compassionate and Merciful. 

b. c. 1491.~\ Exod. 34. 6. And the Lord passed by before 
him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and 
gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. 
'Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and trans- 
gression and sin. 

b. c. 1490.] Num. 14. 18. The Lord is longsuffering, and of 
great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no 
means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers 
upon the' children unto the third and fourth generation. 

b. c. 1034.] Psa. 103. 8. The Lord is merciful and gracious, 
slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 1S Like as a father 
pitieth Ms children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. 

b. c. 1023.] Psa. 62. 12. Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth 
mercy: "for thou renderest to every man according to his work. 

b c. 1015.] Psa. 86. 15. But thou, O Lord, art a God full of 
compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy 
and truth. 

Psa. 145. 8. The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion ; 
slow to anger, and of great mercy. 

b. c. 862.] Jonah 4. 2. Thou art a gracious God, and mer- 
ciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest 
thee of the evil. 

b. c. 710.] Micah 7. 18. Who is a God like unto thee, that 
pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the 
remnant of his heritage ? he retaineth not his anger for ever, 
because he delighteth in mercy. 

b. c. 588.] Lam. 3. 22. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are 
not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 32 But though 
he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the 
multitude of his mercies. 



§ 44, 45.] God is the Creator. 25 

b. c. 589.] Psa. 116. 5. Gracious is the Lord, and righteous ; 
yea, our God is merciful. 

B. c. 538.] Dan. 9. 9. To the Lord our God helong mercies, 
and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against him. 

b. c. J/,45.] Neh. 9. 17. But thou art a God ready to pardon, 
gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, 
and forsookest them not. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 1. 3. Blessed ~be God, even the Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of 
all comfort. 

a. D. 61.] Eph. 2. 4. God, who is rich in mercy. 

James 5. 11. The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. 

§ 44. God is the Creator of all Things. 

B. c. 712.~\ Tsa. 44. 24. Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, 
and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that 
maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; 
that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself. 

A. d. 61.] Eph. 3. 9. God, who created all things by Jesus 
Christ. 

A. d. 63.] Heb. 3. 4. He that built all things is God. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 4. 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive 
glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, 
and for thy pleasure they are and were created. 

§ 45. God is the King, Governor, and Lawgiver of all. 

b. c. 1044-] Psa. 22. 28. For the kingdom is the Lord's : 
and he is the governor among the nations. 

Psa, 45. 6. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever : the 
sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 

b. c. 1034. J Psa. 103. 19. The Lord hath prepared his throne 
in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth overall. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 95. 3. For the Lord is a great God, and a 
great king above all gods. 

1 Chron. 29. 11. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the 
power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for 
all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine ; thine is the 
kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. 

b. c. 1004.] Psa. 47. 2. For the Lord most high is terrible; 
he is a great King over all the earth. 7 For God is the King of 
all the earth : sing ye praise with understanding. 8 God 
reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his 
holiness. 

b. c. 713.] Isa. 33. 22. For the Lord is our judge, the Lord 
is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king ; he will save us. 

b. c. 710.] Isa. 37. 16. O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that 



26 God is Angry with the Wicked. [§ 46,47. 

dwellest between the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou 
alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made 
heaven and earth. 

b. c. 607.] Jer. 10. 10. But the Lord is the true God, he is 
the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the 
earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide 
his indignation. 

b. c. 570.] Dan. 4. 3. How great are his signs! and how 
mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting king- 
dom, and his dominion is from generation to generation. 

a. d. 61.] James 4. 12. There is one lawgiver, who is able to 
save and to destroy. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 6. 15. The blessed and only Potentate, the 
King of kings, and Lord of lords. * 

§ 46. God is Judge. 

B. c. 1897.] Gen. 18. 25. Shall not the Judge of all the earth 
do right ? 

b. c. 1^1.] Deut. 32. 36. The Lord shall judge his people. 
b. c. 1165.] 1 Sam. 2. 10. The adversaries of the Lord shall 

be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon 
them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth. 

B. c. 1063. J Psa. 9. 4. For thou hast maintained my right 
and my cause ; thou satest in the throne judging right. 

b. c. 1061.] Psa. 96. 13. He shall judge the world with 
righteousness, and the people with, his truth. 

b. c. 1058.] Psa. 58. 11. So that a man shall say, Verily there 
is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth 
in the earth. 

b. c. 10^5.] Psa. 68. 5. A father of the fatherless, and a 
judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. 

b. c. 1023.] Psa. 7. 11. God judgeth the righteous, and God 
is angry with the wicked every day. 

A. D. 63.] Heb. 12. 23. God the judge of all. 

A. D. 65.] 2 Tim. 4. 8. The Lord, the righteous judge. 

§ 47. God is Angry with the Wicked. 

b. c. 1520.] Job 21. 17. How oft is the candle of the wicked 
put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! 
God distributeth sorrows in his anger. 

b. c. 1451. ] Num. 32. 14. And, behold, ye are risen up in 
your fathers 1 stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet 
the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel. 

Deut. 29. 19. And it come to pass, when he heareth the 
words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, 
I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine 
heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: 20 The Lord will not 



§ 48.] God's Indignation against the Wicked. 2*7 

spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy 
shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are 
written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall 
blot out his name from under heaven. 28 And the Lord rooted 
them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great 
indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this 
clay. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 32. 21. They have moved me to jealousy 
with that which is not God : they have provoked me to anger 
with their vanities. • 

B. c. 1023.] Psa. 7. 11. God judgeth the righteous, and 
God is angry with the wicked every day. 

§ 48. God will render Wrath, Indignation, and Fury 

against the Wicked. 

b. c. 1520.] Job 20. 23. When he is about to fill his belly, 
God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain 
it upon him while he is eating. 

B. c. 740.] Isa. 9. 19. Through the wrath of the Lord of 
hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel 
of the fire : no man shall spare his brother. 

B. c. 712".] Isa. 59. 18. According to their deeds, accord- 
ingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his 
enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense. 

b. c. 612.] Jer. 4. 4. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, 
and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah 
and inhabitants of Jerusalem ; lest my fury come forth like 
fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of 
your doings. 

Jer. 10. 10. But the Lord is the true God, he is the living 
God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall 
tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indig- 
nation. 

b. c. 594.] Ezek. 5. 14. Moreover I will make thee waste, 
and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, 
in the sight of all that pass by. 15 So it shall be a reproach 
and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the 
nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judg- 
ments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. 
I the Lord have spoken it. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 1. 18. For the wrath of God is revealed 
from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of 
men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness. 

Rom. 2. 8. But unto them that are contentious, and do not 
obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and 
wrath. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 5. 6. Let no man deceive you with vain 



28 God will eendee Vengeance. [§ 49, 50. 

words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God 
upon the children of disobedience. 

A. d. 62.] Col. 3. 6. For which things' sake the wrath of 
God cometh on the children of disobedience. 

§ 49. God will render Vengeance to his Enemies. 

B. c. 1451.] Deut. 32. 35. To me oelongeth vengeance, and 
recompense; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of 
their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon 
them make haste. ■ 

B.C. 713.] Nah.. 1. 2. God is jealous, and the Lord re veng- 
eth; the Lord revengeth, and is. furious; the Lord will take 
vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for hj.s 
enemies. 

b. c. 588. ] Psa. 94. 1. O Lord God, to whom vengeance 
belongeth ; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show 
thyself. 

A. D. 58.] Rom. 3. 5. But if our unrighteousness commend 
the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unright- 
eous who taketh vengeance ? I speak as a man. 

Rom. 12. 19. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but 
rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is 
mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. 

§ 50. God is Long suffering, Kind, and Gracious. 

b. c. 1491.] Exod. 22. 27. It shall come to pass, when he 
crieth unto me, that I will hear ; for I am gracious. 

Exocl. 33. 19. And will Be gracious to whom I will be gra- 
cious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 

Exod. 34. 6. And the Lord passed by before him, and pro- 
claimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, 
longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. 

b. c. 1028.] Psa. 42. 8. Yet the Lord will command his 
lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song 
shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 86. 15. Bat thou, Lord, art a God full 
of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in 
mercy and truth. 

b.c. 862.] Jonah 4. 2. And he prayed unto the Lord, and 
said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I 
was yet in my country ? Therefore I fled before unto Tar- 
shish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, 
slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of 
the evil. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 54. 8. In a little wrath I hid my face from 
thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have 
mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. 10 For the 



§ 51.] God is the Redeemer. 29 

mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed : but my 
kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the cove- 
nant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy 
on thee. 

b. c. 690.] Joel 2. 13. And rend your heart, and not your 
garments, and turn unto the Lord your God : for he is gra- 
cious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and 
repenteth him of the evil. 

B. c. 610.] Jer. 9. 24. But let him that glorieth glory in 
this, that he understand eth and knoweth me, that I am the 
Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and right- 
eousness, in the earth : for in these things I delight, saith the 
Lord. 

Jer. 32. 18. Thou showest lovingkindness unto thousands, 
and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of 
their children after them. 

a. d. 29.] Luke 6. 35. For he is kind unto the unthankful 
and to the evil. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 2. 4. Or despisest thou the riches of his 
goodness and forbearance and longsuffering ; not knowing that 
the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance. 

Rom. 9. 22. What if God, willing to show his wrath, and 
to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering 
the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction : 2S And that he 
might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of 
mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory. 

a. d. 60.] 2 Pet. 3. 9. The Lord is not slack concerning his 
promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering 
to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all 
should come to repentance ? 

A. D. 65.] Titus 3. 4. But after that the kindness and love 
of God our Saviour toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of 
righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy 
he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of 
the Holy Ghost. 

§ 51. God is the Redeemer. 

B. c. 1491.] Exod. 6. 6. Wherefore say unto the children 
of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under 
the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their 
bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and 
with great judgments. 

Exod. 15. 13. Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people 
which thou hast redeemed. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 21. 8. Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy 
people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed. 

b. c. 1041.] Psa. 106. 10. And he saved them from the 



30 God is the Deliverer. [§ 52. 

hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the 
hand of the enemy. 

b. c. 785.] Hos. 13. 14. I will ransom them from the power 
of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will 
be thy plagues ; O grave, I will be thy destruction : repent- 
ance shall be hid from mine eyes. 

b. c. 712.1 Isa. 44. 23. The Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and 
glorified himself in Israel. 24 Thus saith the Lord, thy Ke- 
deemer. 

Isa. 52. 3. For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves 
for nought ; and ye shall be redeemed without money. 

§ 52. God is the Deliverer. 

B.C. 1491.] Exod. 3. 7. And the Lord said, I have surely 
seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have 
heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know 
their sorrows. 8 And I am come down to deliver them out of 
the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that 
land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with 
milk and honey. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 23.' 14. For the Lord thy God walketh 
in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up 
thine enemies before thee ; therefore shall thy camp be holy : 
that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from 
thee. 

b. c. 1068.] 1 Sam. 17. 37. David said moreover, The Lord 
that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the 
paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this 
Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be 
with thee. 

b. c. 1060.] Psa. 56. 13. For thou hast delivered my soul 
from death : wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I 
may walk before God in the light of the living ? 

B.C. 1044-] P sa - 22. 4. Our fathers trusted in thee: they 
trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 

b. c. 1019.] Psa. 18. 2. The Lord is my rock, and my for- 
tress, and my deliverer ; my God, my strength, in whom I will 
trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my 
high tower. 

b. c. 713.] Isa. 33. 17. Thine eyes shall see the king in his 
beauty : they shall behold the land that is very far off. 

b. c. 547.] Dan. 6. 27. He delivereth and rescueth, and he 
worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath 
delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. 

A. d. 31.] Acts 7. 9. And the patriarchs, moved with envy, 
sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, lu And de- 
livered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and 



§ 53.] God is the Savioub. 31 

wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt ; and he made 
him governor over Egypt and all his house. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 1. 12. Giving thanks unto the Father, which 
hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the 
saints in light : I3 Who hath delivered us from the power of 
darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his 
dear Son. 

§ 53. God is the Saviour. 

B. c. 1041.] Psa. 106. 21. They forgat God their Saviour, 
which had done great things in Egypt. 

b. c. 1036.] Psa. 20. 6. Now know I that the Lord saveth 
his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with 
the saving strength of his right hand. 

B.C. 1023.] Psa. 3. 8. Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: 
thy blessing is upon thy people. 

Psa. 62. 7. In God is my salvation and my glory : the rock 
of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. 

b. c. 713.] Isa. 12. 2. Behold, God is my salvation: I will 
trust, and not be afraid : for the Lord Jehovah is my strength 
and my song; he also is become my salvation. 

b. c. 712. J Isa. 25. 9. And it shall be said in that day, Lo, 
this is our God ; we have waited for him, and he will save 
us : this is the Lord ; we have waited for him, we will be 
glad and rejoice in his salvation. 

Isa. 35. 4. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, 
fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even 
God with a recompense ; he will come and save you. 

Isa. 43. 3. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of 
Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia 
and Seba for thee. "I, even I, am the Lord : and beside me 
there is no Saviour. 

Isa. 49. 26. All flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy 
Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. 

b. c. 4'] Luke 1. 47. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God 
my Saviour. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 2. 3. For this is good and acceptable in 
the sight of God our Saviour ; 4 Who will have all men to be 
saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 

1 Tim. 4. 10. For therefore we both labour and suffer re- 
proach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Sav- 
iour of all men, especially of those that believe. 

Jude 25. To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and 
majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. 



32 God Defends the Righteous. [§ 54, 55. 

§ 54. God Defends the Righteous. 

b. c. 1520.] Job 22. 25. Yea, the Almighty shall be thy 
defence. 

b. c. 1061.] Psa. 59. 1. Deliver me from mine enemies, O 
my God : defend me from them that rise up against me. 
9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee : for God is 
my 'defence. 16 But I will sing of thy power; yea; I will 
sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning : for thou hast been 
my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. 

b. o. 1060.] Psa. 31. 2. Bow down thine ear to me: deliver 
me speedily : be thou my strong rock, for a house of defence 
to save me. 

b. c. 1036.] Psa. 20. 1. The Lord hear thee in the day of 
trouble : the name of the God of Jacob defend thee ; 

b. c. 1023.] Psa. 5. 11. But let all those that put their trust 
in thee rejoice : let them ever shout for joy, because thou de- 
fendest them : let them also that love thy name be joyful in 
thee. 

Psa. 7. 10. My defence is of God, which saveth the upright 
in heart. . 

b. c. 713.] Isa. 31. 5. As birds flying, so will the Lord of 
hosts defend Jerusalem ; defending also he will deliver it ; 
and passing over he will preserve it. 

Isa. 33. 15. He that walketh righteously, and speaketh up- 
rightly ; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shak- 
eth his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears 
from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil ; 
16 He shall dwell on high ; his place of defence shall he the 
munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters 
shall be sure. 

Zech. 12. 8. In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabit- 
ants of Jerusalem ; and he that is feeble among them at that 
day shall be as David ; and the house of David shall be as 
God, as the augel of the Lord before them. 

§ 55. God Upholds the Righteous. 

B. c. 1060.] Psa. 17. 5. Hold up my goings in thy paths, 
that my footsteps slip not. 

b. c. 1058.] Psa. 63. 8. My soul folio weth hard after thee: 
thy right hand upholdeth me. 

b. c. 1044"] Psa. 51. 12. Restore unto me the Joy of thy sal- 
vation ; and uphold me with thy free Spirit. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 145. 14. The Lord upholdeth all that fall, 
and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. • 

b. c. 539.] Psa. 37. 17. For the arms of the wicked shall be 
broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous. -* Though 



§ 56.] God Helps the Righteous. 33 

he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down : for the Lord up- 
hold eth him with his hand. 

B. c. 535.] Psa. 66. 8. Oh bless our God, ye people, and make 
the voice of his praise to be heard: 9 Which holdeth our soul 
in life, and sufTereth not our feet to be moved. 

B. c. 444-1 P sa - H9. 116. Uphold me according unto thy 
word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my 
hope. m Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will 
have respect unto thy statutes continually. 

A. d. 58.] Rom. 14. 4. Who art thou that judgest another 
man's servant ? to his own master he standeth or falleth ; 
yea, lie shall be holden up : for God is able to make him 
stand. 

§ 56. God Helps the Righteous. 

B. c. 1689.] Gen. 49. 25. Even by the God of thy father, 
who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless 
thee with blessings of heaven. 

b. c. 1491.1 Exod. 18. 4. For the God of my father; said he, 
was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh. 

b. c. 1120.] 1 Sam. 7. 12. Then Samuel took a stone, and 
set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it 
Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. 

b. c. 1058.] 1 Chron. 12. 18. Then the Spirit came upon 
Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and lie said, Thine are 
we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse : peace, peace 
be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God 
helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them 
captains of the band. 

Psa. 63. 7. Because thou hast been my help, therefore in 
the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 

b. c. 1044-1 P sa « US. 7. The Lord taketh my part with 
them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them 
that hate me. 

B. 0. 1015.] Psa. 28. 7. The Lord is my strength and my 
shield ; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped : therefore 
my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise 
him. 

Psa. 72. 12. For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth ; 
the poor also, and him that hath no helper. 

Psa. 121. 1. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from 
whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh from the Lord, 
which made heaven and earth. 

Psa. 124. 8. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made 
heaven and earth. 

B. c. 896.] Psa. 115. 9. O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he 
is their help and their shield. 

b. c. 880.] Psa. 46. 1. God is our refuge and strength, a 



34 God Helps the Righteous. [§ 57. 

very present help in trouble. 6 God is in the midst of her; 
she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right 
early. 

b. c. 725.] Hosea 13. 9. O Israel, thou hast destroyed thy- 
self : but in me is thy help. 

b. c. 713.~\ 2 Ohron. 32. 7. Be strong and courageous, be not 
afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the 
multitude that is with him: for there ~be more with us than 
with him. 8 With him is an arm of flesh ; but with us is the 
Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the 
people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king 
of J ud ah. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 41. 10. Fear thou not; for I am with thee: 
be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; 
yea, I will help thee ; yea, I will uphold thee with the right 
hand of my righteousness. 13 For I the Lord thy God will 
hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not ; I will help 
thee. 

b. o. 539.] Psa. 10. 14. Thou hast seen it; for thou behold- 
est mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor 
committeth himself unto thee ; thou art the helper of the 
fatherless. 

Psa. 27. 9. Hide not thy face far from me ; put not thy 
servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me 
not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. 

Psa. 37. 39. But the salvation of the righteous is of the 
Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble. 40 And the 
Lord shall help them, and deliver them : he shall deliver 
them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in 
him. 

b. c. 536.] Psa. 116. 6. The Lord preserveth the simple: I 
was brought low, and he helped me. 

b. c. 515.] Psa. 146. 5. Happy is he that hath the God of 
Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 4. 16. Let us therefore come boldly nnto 
the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace 
to help in time of need. 

Heb. 13. 6. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my 
helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. 

§ 57. God Keeps the Righteous. 

b. c. 1779.] Gen. 28. 15. And, behold, I am with thee, and 
will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring 
thee again into this land ; for I will not leave thee, until I 
have done that which I have spoken to thee of. 

b. c. 1520.] Job 33. 18. He keepeth back his soul from the 
pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. 



§57.] God Keeps the Righteous. 35 

b. c. 1491.] Exod. 23. 20. Behold, I send an Angel before 
thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the 
place which I have prepared. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 32. 10. He found him in a desert land, 
and in the waste howling wilderness ; he led him about, he 
instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. 

b. c. 1444.] Josh. 14. 10. And now, behold, the Lord hath 
kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even 
since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children 
of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this 
clay fourscore and five years old. 

b. c. 1175.] 1 Sam. 2. 9. He will keep the feet of his saints, 
and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength 
shall no man prevail. 

b. c. 1060.] Psa. 17. 8. Keep me as the apple of the eye; 
hide me under the shadow of thy wings. 

Psa. 140. 4. Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the 
wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have pur- 
posed to overthrow my goings. 

b. c. 1055.] Psa. 141. 3. Set a watch, O Lord, before my 
mouth ; keep the door of mv lips. 

b. c. 1034.] Psa. 33. 18. Behold, the eye of the Lord is 
upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; 
19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in 
famine. 

b. c. 1017.] Psa. 30. 3. O Lord, thou hast brought up my 
soul from the grave : thou hast kept me alive, that I should 
not go down to the pit. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 12. 7. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou 
shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. 

Psa. 91. 11. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, 
to keep thee in all thy ways. 

Psa. 121. 3. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : he 
that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4 Behold, he that keepeth 
Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord is thy 
keeper : the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 3. 25. Be not afraid of sudden fear, 
neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. 
26 For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy 
foot from being taken. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 26. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, 
whose mind is stayed on thee : because he trusteth in thee. 

Isa. 27. 3. I the Lord do keep it ; I will water it every 
moment : lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. 

A. d. 29.] John 17. 11. Holy Father, keep through thine 

own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be 

one, as we are. 15 1 pray not that thou shouldest take them out 

of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 

3 



36 God Preserves the Righteous. [§ 58. 

A. D. 52.] 2 Thess. 3. 3. But the Lord is faithful, who shall 
establish you, and keep you from evil. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Peter 1. 5. Who are kept by the power of God 
through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last 
time. 

1 Pet. 4. 19. Wherefore, let them that suffer according to 
the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in 
well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. 

a. d. 65.] 2 Tim. 1. 12. For I know whom I have believed, 
and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have 
committed unto him against that day. 

Jude 24. Now unto him that is able to keep you from fall- 
ing, and to present you faultless before the presence of his 
glory with exceeding joy, " To the only wise God our 
Saviour, oe glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now 
and ever. Amen. 

§ 58. God Preserves the Righteous. 

b. c. 1707.] Gen. 45. 7. And God sent me before you to 
preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives 
by a great deliverance. 

B. c. 1520.] Job 7. 20. I have sinned; what shall I do unto 
thee, O thou preserver of men ? 

Job 10. 12. Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy 
visitation hath preserved my spirit. 

Job 29. 2. Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days 
when God preserved me. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 6. 24. And the Lord commanded us to do 
all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good 
always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. 

b. c. 14,43.] Josh. 24. 17. For the Lord our God, he it is 
that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, 
from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs 
in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we 
went, and among all the people through whom we passed. 

B. c. 1060.] Psa. 31. 23. Oh love the Lord, all ye his saints: 
for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth 
the proud doer. 

Psa. 64. 1. Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve 
my life from fear of the enemy. 

b. c. 1044-] P sa - 16. 1. Preserve me, God: for in thee do 
I put my trust. 

b. c. 1040.] 2 Sam. 8. 6. And the Lord preserved David 
whithersoever he went. 

b. c. 1034.] Psa. 32. 7. Thou art my hiding place ; thou shalt 
preserve me from trouble ; thou shalt compass me about with 
songs of deliverance. 



§ 59.] God Leads and Teaches the Righteous. 87 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 41. 2. The Lord will preserve him, and 
keep him alive. 

Psa. 86. 2. Preserve my soul ; for I am holy : thou my 
God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. 

Psa. 121. 7. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he 
shall preserve thy soul. 

Psa. 145. 20. The Lord preserveth all them that love him : 
but all the wicked will he destroy. 

b. c. 1004-] Psa. 97. 10. Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: 
he preserveth the souls of his saints ; he delivereth them out 
of the hand of the wicked. 

B. c. 1000.] Prov. 2. 8. He keepeth the paths of judgment, 
and preserveth the way of his saints. 

b. c. 539.] Psa. 36. 6. O Lord, thou preservest man and 
beast. 

Psa.. 37. 28. For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh 
not his saints ; they are preserved forever. 

b. c. 536.] Psa. 116. 6. The Lord preserveth the simple: I 
was brought low, and he helped me. 

A. d. 52.1 1 Thess. 5. 23. And the very God of peace sanc- 
tify you wholly ; and i" pray God your whole spirit and soul 
and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

§ 59. God Leads and Teaches the Righteous. 

B. c. 1520.] Job 34. 32. That which I see not teach thou 
me : if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. 

Job 35. 11. Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the 
earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven ? 

Job 36. 22. Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teach- 
eth like him ? 

b. c. 1489.] Psa. 90. 12. So teach us to number our days, 
that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 32. 12. So the Lord alone did lead him, 
and there was no strange god with him. 

b. 'c. 1060.] Psa. 31. 3. For thy name's sake lead me, and 
guide me. 

B. c. lOJfS.] Psa. 139. 24. Lead me in the way everlasting*. 

B. c. IO44.) Psa. 16. 7. I will bless the Lord, who hath 
given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night 
seasons. 

b. c. 1034-] Psa- 32. 8. I will instruct thee and teach thee 
in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine 
eye. 

b. c. 1023.] Psa. 5. 8. Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteous- 
ness because of mine enemies ; make thy way straight before 
my face. 



38 God Favours the Righteous. [§60. 

b. c. 10SS.] Psa. 43. 3. Oh send out thy light and thy truth: 
let them lead rne ; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and 
to thy tabernacles. 

Psa. 71. 17. O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: 
and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. 

Psa. 143. 10. Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my 
God : thy Spirit is good ; lead me into the land of upright- 
ness. 

b. c. 1015.1 P sa « 23. 2. He leadeth me beside the still 
waters. 3 He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his 
name's sake. 

Psa. 61. 2. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, 
when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is 
higher than I. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 3. 5. Trust in the Lord with all thine 
heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all 
thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 

b. c. 71fl.] Isa. 8. 11. For the Lord spake thus to me with a 
strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the 
way of this people. 

b. c. 713.] Isa. 30. 21. And thine ears shall hear a word be- 
hind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye 
turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 42. 16. And I will bring the blind by a way 
that they knew not ; I will lead them in paths that they have 
not known : I will make darkness light before them, and 
crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, 
and not forsake them. 

Isa. 48. 17. Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy 
One of Israel ; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to 
profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 

Isa. 61. 8. For 1 the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery 
for burnt offering ; and I will direct their work in truth, and 
I will make an everlasting covenant with them. 

b. c. 710.] Psa. 73. 24. Thou shalt guide me with thy 
counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. 

b. c. 539.] Psa. 37. 23. The steps of a good man are ordered 
by the Lord : and he delighteth in his way. 

b. c. 515.] Psa. 48. 14. For this God is our God for ever 
and ever : he will be our guide even unto death. 

§ 60. God Favours and Blesses the Righteous. 

b. c. 1520.] Job 10. 12. Thou hast granted me life and 
favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. 

Job 33. 26. He shall pray unto God, and he will be favour- 
able unto him: and he shall see his face with joy; for he will 
render unto man his righteousness. 



§61.] God is a Refuge. 39 

b. c. 1491.] Exod. 20. 24. In all places where I record my 
name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 26. 15. Look down from thy holy habi- 
tation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land 
which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a 
land that floweth with milk and honey. 

b. c. 1023.] Psa. 3. 8. Thy blessing is upon thy people. 

Psa. 5. 12. For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous ; with 
favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. 

b. c. 1017.] Psa. 30. 5. In his favour is life. 7 Lord, by thy 
favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 29. 11. The Lord will give strength unto 
his people ; the Lord will bless his people with peace. 

Psa. 41. 11. By this I know that thou f avourest me, because 
mine enemy doth not triumph over me. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 3. 3. Let not mercy and truth forsake 
thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table 
of thine heart : 4 So shalt thou find favour and good under- 
standing in the sight of God and man. 33 The curse of the 
Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habi- 
tation of the just. 

Prov. 8. 35. For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall 
obtain favour of the Lord. 

Prov. 12. 2. A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord : but 
a man of wicked devices will he condemn. 

b. c. 720.] Psa. 44. 3. For they got not the land in posses- 
sion by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: 
but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy coun- 
tenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them. 

b. c. 593.] Psa. 67. 1. God be merciful unto us, and bles3 
us ; and cause his face to shine upon us. 

B. c. 539.] Psa. 89. 17. For thou art the glory of their 
strength : and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. 

B. c. 536.] Psa. 85. 1. Lord, thou hast been favourable unto 
thy land : thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. 

b. c. 5.] Luke 1. 28. And the angel came in unto her, and 
said. Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with 
thee: blessed art thou among women. 30 And the angel said 
unto her, Fear not, Mary : for thou hast found favour with 
God. 

§ 61. God is the Refuge and Strength of the Righteous. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 28. 7. The Lord is my strength and my 
shield ; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped : therefore 
my heart greatly re joiceth; and with my song will I praise 
him. * The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving 
strength of his anointed. 



40 God the Father of the Righteous. [§ 62. 

B. c. 1015.] Psa. 29. 11. The Lord will give strength unto 
his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace. 

B. c. 890.] Psa. 46. 1. God is our refuge and strength, a very 
present help in trouble. 7 The Lord of hosts is with us ; the 
God of Jacob is our refuge. 

b. c. 589.] Psa. 27. 1. The Lord is my light and my salva- 
tion ; whom shall I fear ? the Lord is the strength of my life: 
of whom shall I be afraid ? 2 When the wicked, even mine en- 
emies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they 
stumbled and fell. s Though a host should encamp against 
me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against 
me, in this will I "be confident. 14 Wait on the Lord : be of 
good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I 
say, on the Lord. 

§ 62. God is the Father of the Righteous. 

B.C. 712.] Isa. 63. 16. Doubtless thou art our Father, though 
Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: 
thou, O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer ; thy name is from 
everlasting. 

Isa. 64. 8. But now, O Lord, thou art our Father; we are the 
clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 5. 16. Let your light so shine before men, 
that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father 
which is in heaven. 44 But I say unto you, Love your ene- 
mies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate 
you, and pray for them which despitefully "use you, and per- 
secute you; 45 That ye maybe the children of your Father 
which is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil 
and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the 
unjust. 

Matt. 6. 4. That thine alms may be in secret : and thy Fa- 
ther, which seeth in secret, himself shall reward thee openly. 

6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when 
thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; 
and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 

7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen 
do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much 
speaking. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them : for your Fa- 
ther knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 
9 Our Father which art in heaven. 14 For if ye forgive men 
their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 
15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your 
Father forgive your trespasses. 

Matt. 10. 29. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ? 
and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your 
Father. 



§63-65.] God is Love. 41 

A. D. 27.'] Matt. 13. 43. Then shall the righteous shine 
forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath 
ears to hear, let him hear. 

Matt. 18. 14. Even so" it is not the will of your Father 
which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. 

a. D. 29.] Matt. 23. 9. And call no man your father upon 
the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. 

Luke 12. 32. Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's 
good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 

John 20. 17. Jesus said unto her, Touch me not ; for I am not 
yet ascended to my Father: but go to' my brethren, and say 
unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to 
my God, and your God. 

a. d. 52.] 2"Thess. 2. 16. God, even our Father, which hath 
loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good 
hope through grace. 

A. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 8. 6. But to us tliere is hut one God, the 
Father, of whom are all things, and we in him : and one Lord 
Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. 

A. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 6. 18. And will be a Father unto you, 
and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord 
Almighty. 

a. d. 58.] Horn. 1. 7. Grace to you, and peace, from God our 
Father. 

Rom. 8. 15. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage 
again to fear ; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, 
whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 4. 6. One God and Father of all, who is 
above all, and through all, and in you all. 

§ 63. God is Love. 

A. D. 69.] 1 John 4. 8. He that loveth not, knoweth not 
God ; for God is love. 16 And we have known and believed 
the love that God hath to us. God is love ; and he that 
dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. " Herein 
is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the 
day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 

§ 64. Our Existence is in God. 

A. d. 54.] Act 17. 28. In him we live, and move, and have 
our being. 

§ 65. God is the God and Father of Jesus Christ. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 27. 46. And about the ninth hour Jesus 
cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? 



42 God the Father of Jesus Christ. [§ 65. 

that is to say, My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken 
me ? 

a. d. 29.] John 20. 17. I ascend unto my Father, and your 
Father; and to my God, and your God. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 1. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual 
blessings in heavenly places in Christ. 17 That the God of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the 
spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him. 



§ 66-68.] A Blessing Promised to All. 43 

CHAPTER II. 

JESUS OHEIST. 

§ 66. A Blessing Promised to all the Families of the 

Earth. 

b. c. 1921.] Gen. 12. 1. Now the Lord said unto Abram, 
Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from 
thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee : 2 And I 
will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and 
make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I 
will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth 
thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. 

b. c. 1897.] Gen. 18. 18. Seeing that Abraham shall surely 
become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the 
earth shall be blessed in him. 

b. c. 1863.] Gen. 22. 18. And in thy seed shall all the na- 
tions of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my 
voice. 

§ 67. A Prophet like unto Moses Promised. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 18. 15. The Lord thy God will raise up 
unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, 
like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken : 16 According to 
all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the 
day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice 
of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any 
more, that I die not. 17 And the Lord said unto me, They 
have well spoken that which they have spoken. 18 I will raise 
them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto 
thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak 
unto them all that I shall command him. 19 And it shall 
come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my 
words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of 
him. 

§ 68. The Promises of a Blessing and Prophet, Fulfilled 

in Jesus Christ. 

a. d. 29.] Acts 3. 19. Repent ye therefore^ and be con- 
verted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of 
refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord ; 20 And 
he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto 
3* 



44 Jesus Christ Before the World. [§ 69-71. 

you, 21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of res- 
titution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth 
of all his holy prophets since the world began. 22 For Moses 
truly said unto the fathers, A Prophet shall the Lord your 
God. raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me ; him 
shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. 

23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not 
hear that Prophet, shall be destroyed, from among the people. 

24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that fol- 
low after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of 
these days. 25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of 
the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto 
Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth 
be blessed. 26 Unto you first, God having raised up his Son 
Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you 
from his iniquities. 

§ 69. lie was Before Abraham. 

A. D. 29. ~] John 8. 57. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou 
art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham ? 
68 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before 
Abraham was, I am. 

§ 70. He icas with God in the Beginning be/ore the 

World toas, 

B. c. 710.] Micah 5. 2. But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, 
though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out 
of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in 
Israel ; whose goings forth have been from of old, from ever- 
lasting. 

A. D. 29. ~\ John 1. 1. In the beginning was the Word, and 
the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same 
was in the beginning with God. 

John 17. 5. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine 
ownself with the glory which I had with thee before the 
world was. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 1. 17. And he is before all things, and by 
him all things consist. 

§71. He is the Firstborn and the Beginning of the 

Creation of God. 

A. d. 62,] Col. 1. 15 t Who is the image of the invisible God, 
the firstborn of every creature, 

A. d. 96. ] Rev. 3. 14. And unto the angel of the church 
of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the 



§ 72, 73.] Jesus Christ the Word of God. 45 

faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of 
God. 

§ 72. He is the First and the Last. 

A. D. 96.] Rev. 1. 10. I was iu the Spirit on the Lord's day, 
and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, " Say- 
ing, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, 
What thou seest write in a book, and send it unto the seven 
churches which are in Asia ; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, 
and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and 
unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. 12 And I turned to 
see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw 
seven golden candlesticks ; 13 And in the midst of the seven 
candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a 
garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a 
goiden girdle. 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as 
dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, 
Fear not; I am the first and the last: 18 I am he that liveth, 
and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; 
and have the keys of hell and of death. 

Rev. 2. 8. And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write ; 
These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and 
is alive. 

Rev. 22. 13. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and 
the end, the first and the last. 16 1 Jesus have sent mine an- 
gel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am 
the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morn- 
ing star. 

§ 73. He is the Word of God, and the Word was made 

flesh, 

a. d. 29. ~\ John 1. 1. In the beginning was the Word, and 
the Word was with God, and the Word w r as God. 14 And the 
Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld 
his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, 
full of grace and truth. 16 John bare witness of him, and 
cried saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh 
after me is preferred before me; for he was before me. 16 And 
of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 
1T For the law T was given by Moses, out grace and truth came 
by Jesus Christ. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 1. 1. That which was from the beginning, 
which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, 
which we have looked upon, and out hands have handled, of 
the Word of life; 2 For the life was manifested, and we 
have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eter- 



46 Jesus Christ in the Form of God. [§ 74, 75. 

nal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto 
us; 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto 
you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our 
fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 

§ 74. He teas in the Form of God, but was made in the 

Likeness of Men. 

b. c. J/,.] John 1. 14. And the Word was made flesh, and 
dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the 
only-begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 

a. d. 52.] Gal. 4. 4. But when the fulness of the time was 
come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under 
the law. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 8. 3. For what the law could not do, in 
that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son 
in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in 
the flesh. 

a. d. 62.] Phil. 2. 6. Who, being in the form of God, 
thought it not robbery to be equal with God : 7 But made him- 
self of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, 
and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in 
fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient 
unto death, even the death of the cross. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 2. 14. Forasmuch then as the children are 
partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took 
part of the same; that through death he might destroy him 
that had the power of death, that is, the devil ; 1B And deliver 
them, who through fear of death were all their lifetime sub- 
ject to bondage. 16 For verily he took not on Mm the nature 
of angels ; but he took on Mm the seed of Abraham. 

§ 75. He was Begotten of the Holy Ghost and Born of 

a Virgin. 

b. c. 74%.] Isa. 7. 14. Therefore the Lord himself shall give 
you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, 
and shall call his name Immanuel. 

b. c. 5.] Luke 1. 26. And in the sixth month the angel 
Gabriel w T as sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Naz- 
areth, 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, 
of the house of David : and the virgin's name was Mary. 
28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that 
art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee : blessed art thou 
among women. 29 And when she saw Mm, she was troubled 
at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation 
this should be. S0 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, 
Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. Sl And, behold, 



§76.] 



Jesus Ciirist the Son of God. 47 



thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and 
shalt call his name JESUS. 32 He shall be great, and shall be 
called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give 
unto him the throne of his father David: 83 And he shall 
reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom 
there shall be no end. 84 Then said Mary unto the angel, How 
shall this be, seeing I know not a man ? s3 And the angel an- 
swered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon 
thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee : 
therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee 
shall be called the Son of God. 

b. c. 5.] Matt. 1. 18. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on 
this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, 
before they came together, she was found with child of the 
Holy Ghost. "Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, 
and not willing to make her a public example, was minded 
to put her away privily. 20 But while he thought on these 
things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a 
dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take 
unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her 
is of the Holy Ghost. 21 And she shall bring forth a son, and 
thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people 
from their sins. 22 Now all this was done, that it might be 
fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet saying, 
23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a 
son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being inter- 
preted is, God with us. 24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep 
did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto 
him his wife: 25 And knew her not till she had brought forth 
her firstborn son : and he called his name JESUS. 

B. C. 4-] Luke 2. 4. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out 
of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, 
which is called Bethlehem, (because he was of the house and 
lineage of David,) 5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, 
being great with child. 6 And so it was, that, while they 
were there, the days were accomplished that she should be de- 
livered. 7 And she brought forth her first-born son, and 
wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; 
because there was no room for them in the inn, 

§ 76, God Declares Sim his Son. 

b. c. 1044-] Psa. 2. 7- I will declare the decree : the Lord 
hath said unto me, Thou art my Son ; this day have I begot- 
ten thee. 

a. d. .45,] Acts 13. 32. And we declare unto you glad tid- 
ings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, 
83 God has fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he 



48 » Jesus Christ the Son of God. [§ 77, 78. 

hath raised up Jesus again ; as it is also written in the second 
psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 

A. D. 27. ~] Matt. 3. 17. And lo a voice from heaven, saying. 
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 

Matt. 17. 5. While lie yet spake, behold, a bright cloud 
overshadowed them : and behold a voice out of the cloud, 
which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well 
pleased; hear ye him. 

A. d. 60.] 2 Pet. 1. 16. For we have not followed cunningly 
devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and 
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his 
majesty. 17 For he received from God the Father honour and 
glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent 
glory: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 
18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we 
were with him in the holy mount. 

§ 77. He Declares Himself the Son of God. 

a. d. 27.] John 5. 17. But Jesus answered them, My Father 
worketh hitherto, and I work. 18 Therefore the Jews sought 
the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the 
sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making him- 
self equal with God. 

John 9. 35. Jesus heard that they had cast him out ; and 
when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe 
on the Son of God? 36 He answered and said, Who is he, 
Lord, that I might believe on him? 37 And Jesus said unto 
him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with 
thee. — 

a. d. 27.] John 10. 36. Say ye of him, whom the Father 
hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; 
because I said, 1 am the Son of God ? 

a. D. 29.] Luke 22. 70. Then said they all, Art thou then 
the Son of God ? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am. 
71 And they said, What need we any further witness ? for we 
ourselves have heard of his own mouth. 

§ 78. John the Baptist Declares Him the Son of God. 

A. d. 27.] John 1. 29. The next day John seeth Jesus coming 
unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of. God, which taketh 
away the sin of the world ! 80 This is he of whom I said, After 
me cometh a man which is preferred before me ; for he was 
before me. S1 And I knew him not : but that he should be 
made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with 
water. 32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit de- 
scending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. 
83 And I knew him not; but he that sent me to baptize with 



§ 79, 80.] Jesus Christ the Son of God. 49 

water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the 
Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which 
baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. S4 And I saw, and bare record 
that this is the Son of God. 35 Again the next day after, John 
stood, and two of his disciples; 36 And looking upon Jesus as 
he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! 

§ 79. The Apostles and others declare Him the Son of 

God. 

a. d. 26.] Mark 1. 1. The beginning of the gospel of Jesus 
Christ, the Son of God. 

John 1. 49. Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, 
thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 14. 33. Then they that were in the ship came 
and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of 
God. 

Matt. 16. 15. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I 
am ? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the 
Christ, the Son of the living God. 

a. d. 29.] John 20. 30. And many other signs truly did Je- 
sus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in 
this book : 31 But these are written, that ye might believe that 
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye 
might have life through his name. 

A. d. 33.] Acts 9. 19. Then was Saul certain days with the 
disciples which were at Damascus. 20 And straightway he 
preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. 

A. d. 58.] Rom. 1. 3. Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the 
flesh; 4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, ac- 
cording to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the 
dead. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 4. 14. Seeing then that we have a great high 
priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, 
let us hold fast our profession. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 4. 15. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus 
is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. 

§ 80. Devils declare Him the Son of God. 

A. d. 27.] Mark 1. 23. And there was in their synagogue a 
man with an unclean spirit ; and he cried out, 24 Saying, Let 
us alone ; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Naza- 
reth? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou 
art, the Holy One of God. 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, 
Hold thy peace, and come out of him. 

Mark 3. 11. And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell 
down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. 



50 Jesus Christ the Son op Man. [§ 81-83. 

A. D. 27.] Luke 4. 41. And devils also came out of many, 
crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And 
lie rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew 
that he was Christ. 

a. d. 28.] Luke 8. 28. When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and 
fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have 
I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high ? I be- 
seech thee, torment me not. 

§ 81. He is the Only Begotten Son of God. 

b. c. 4-] John 1. 14. And the Word was made flesh, and 
dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the 
only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 18 Xo 
man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten son, which 
is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. 

a. d. 27.] John 3. 16. For God so loved the world, that he 
gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him 
should not perish, but have everlasting life. 18 He that be- 
lieveth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not 
is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the 
name of the only begotten Son of God. 

A. d. 69.] 1 John 4. 9. In this was manifested the love of 
God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son 
into the world, that we might live through him. 

8 82. He is the Son of Man* 

■ 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 8, 20. And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes 
have holes, and the birds of the air have nests ; but the Son 
of man hath not where to lay his head. 

Matt. 9,6, But that ye may know that the Son of man hath 
power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of 
the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. 

Matt. 18. 37. He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man. 

Matt. 16. 13. When Jesus came into the coasts of Cesarea 
Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say 
that I, the Son cf man, am? 

§ 83. He was born in Bethlehem. 

B. c. 7X0.] Mic. 5. 2. But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though 
thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee 
shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose 
goings forth have oeen from of old, from everlasting. 

b. c, 4'] Matt. 2. 1. Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem 
of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came 
wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he 

* He is called the Son of man more than sixty times. 



§ 84-86.] Jesus Christ the Son of Man. 51 

that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in 
the east, and are come to worship him. 3 When Herod the 
king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem 
with him. 4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests 
and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them 
where Christ should be born. 6 And they said unto him, In 
Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet, 

6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, art not the least 
among the princes of Judah : for out of thee shall come a Gov- 
ernor, that shall rule my people Israel. 

§ 84. He grew in Stature and Wisdom, and in Favour 

with God and Man. 

A. d. 8.] Luke 2. 40. And the child grew, and waxed strong 
in spirit, rilled with wisdom ; and the grace of God was upon 
him. 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in 
favour with God and man. 

§ 85. He icas Circumcised and Baptized. 

b. c. 4-] Luke 2. 21. And when eight days were accom- 
plished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called 
JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was con- 
ceived in the womb. 

a. d. 27. ~\ Matt. 3. 13. Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to 
Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14 But John for- 
bade him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and 
comest thou to me? 15 And Jesus answering said unto him, 
Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all 
righteousness. Then he suffered him. 16 And Jesus, when 
he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water. 

§ 86. He teas Tempted. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 4. 1. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit 
into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when 
he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward 
a hungered. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, 
If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made 
bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall 
not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth 
out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up 
into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the 
temple ; 6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, 
cast thyself down : for it is written, He shall give his angels 
charge concerning thee : and in their hands they shall bear 
thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 

7 Jesus said unto litm, It is written again, Thou shalt not 
tempt the Lord thy God. 8 Again, the devil taketh him up 



52 Jesus Christ the Son of Man. [§ 87-89. 

into an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the 
kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9 And saith 
unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall 
down and worship me. 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get 
thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the 
Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. u Then the 
devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered 
unto him. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 22. 18. But Jesus perceived their wicked- 
ness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 2. 18. He himself hath suffered being 
tempted. 

Heb. 4. 15. "Was in all points tempted like as we are. 

§ 87. He Fasted, Hungered and Thirsted. 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 4. 2. And when he had fasted forty days 
and forty nights, he was afterward ahungered. 

John 4. 7. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw 
water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 21. 18. Now in the morning, as he returned 
into the city, he hungered. 

John 19. 28. After this, Jesus knowing that all things 
were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, 
saith, I thirst. 

§ 88. He was Weary and Slept. 

A. d. 27.] John 4. 6. Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus 
therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the 
well: and it was about the sixth hour. 

Matt. 8. 24.' And, behold, there arose a great tempest' in the 
sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but 
he was asleep. 26 And his disciples came to him, and awoke 
him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. 

§ 89. He was Grieved and Troubled. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 53. 3. He is despised and rejected of men; 
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief : and we hid as 
it were our faces from him ; he was despised, and we es- 
teemed him not. 

a. d. 27.] Mark 3. 5. Being grieved for the hardness of 
their hearts. 

a. d. 29.~\ John 12. 27. Now is my soul troubled. 

Matt. 26. 37. And he took with him Peter and the two 
sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 
38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, 
even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. 



§ 90-92.] Jesus Christ our Brother. 53 

§ 90. He Prayed. 

A. D. 26.] Luke 3. 21. ISTow when all the people were bap- 
tized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and 
praying, the heaven was opened. 

a", d. 27.] Mark 1. 35. And in the morning, rising up a 
great while before day, he went out, and departed into a soli- 
tary place, and there prayed. 

Matt. 14. 23. And when he had sent the multitudes away, 
he went up into a mountain apart to pray : and when the 
evening was come, he was there alone. 

a. d^ 28.] Luke 9. 18. And it came to pass, as he was alone 
praying, his disciples were with him. 

A. D. 29. ~\ Luke 22. 41. And he was withdrawn from them 
about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, "Say- 
ing, Father, if thou be willing remove this cup from me : nev- 
ertheless, not my will, but thine, be done, 43 And there appeared 
an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. ** And. 
being in an agony he prayed more earnestly : and his sweat 
was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the 
ground. [See John, chap. 17.] 

§ 91. He Gave Thanks. 

a. D. 28.] Matt. 15. 36. And he took the seven loaves and 
the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his 
disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 

a. d. 29.] John 11. 41. And Jesus lifted up Ms eyes, and 
said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. 

Luke 22. 19. And he took bread, and gave thanks, and 
brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which 
is given for you : this do in remembrance of me. 

§ 92. He is our Brother. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 28. 10. Then said Jesus unto them, Be not 
afraid : go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and 
there shall they see me. 

John. 20. 17. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not : for I am 
not yet ascended to my Father : but go to my brethren, and 
say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; 
and to my God, and your God. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 8. 29. For whom he did foreknow, he also 
did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that 
he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 

Heb. 2. 11. For both he that sanctitieth and they who are 
sanctified are alb of one : for which cause he is not ashamed 



54 Jesus Christ Kept by God. [§ 93-95. 

to call them brethren, " Saying, I will declare thy name unto 
my brethren ; in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto 
thee. 

§ 93. He is our Example. 

A. D. 29. ~\ John 13. 15. For I have given you an example, 
that ye should do as I have done to you. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Pet. 2. 21. Christ also suffered for us, leaving 
us an example, that ye should follow his steps. 

§ 94. He is Messiah the Christ. 

B. c. 538.] Dan. 9. 24. Seventy weeks are determined upon 
thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, 
and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for 
iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to 
seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most 
Holy. 25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going 
forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, 
unto the Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks, and three 
score and two weeks : the street shall be built again, and the 
wall, even in troublous times. 26 And after threescore and 
two weeks shall Messiah be cut off but not for himself: and 
the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city 
and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, 
and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 

b. c. 4-] Luke 2. 10. And the angel said unto them, Fear 
not: for, behold, I briug you good tidings of great joy, 
which shall be to all people. " For unto you is born this 
day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 

a. d. 26.] John 1. 40. One of the two which heard John 
speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 
41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, 
We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the 
Christ. 42 And he brought him to Jesus. 

A. d. 69.] 1 John 2. 22. Who is a liar but he that denieth 
that Jesus is the Christ ? He is antichrist, that denieth the 
Father and the Son. 

§ 95. God kept and helped Him, and gave Him for a 

Covenant. 

a. d. 712.] Isa. 42. 5. Thus saith God the Lord, he that 
created the heavens, and stretched them out: he that spread 
forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giv- 
eth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that 
walk therein: 6 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, 
and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee 



§ 96.] Jesus Christ Led by the Spirit. 55 

for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 7 To 
open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the 
prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. 
8 I am the Lord ; that is my name : and my glory will I not 
give to another, neither my praise to graven images. 

a. d. 712.] Isa. 49. 7. Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of 
Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him 
whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, kings shall 
see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord 
that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose 
thee. 8 Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I 
heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee : and 

1 will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, 
to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heri- 
tages ; 9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth ; to 
them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed 
in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. 

§ 96. On Sim the Holy Spirit descended and remained. 

B. c. 740.] Isa. 11. 1. And there shall come forth a rod out 
of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots: 

2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit 
of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, 
the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord ; 3 And 
shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the 
Lord : and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, 
neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: 4 But with 
righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity 
for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with 
the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he 
slay the wicked. 6 And righteousness shall be the girdle of 
his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. 

A. d. 26.] Matt. 3. 16. And Jesus, when he was baptized, 
went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens 
were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descend- 
ing like a dove, and lighting upon him. 

Luke 3. 22. And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily 
shape like a dove upon him. 

John 1. 32. And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit 
descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. 
33 And I knew him not : but he that sent me to baptize with 
water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the 
Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he 
which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. 

a. d. 27.] Luke 4. 17. And there was delivered unto him 
the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened 
the book, he found the place where it was written, 1S The 



56 Jesus Christ Led by the Spirit. [§ 97, 98. 

Spirit of the Lord is upon me. 21 And he began to say unto 
them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. 

§ 97. He was Led by the Spirit. 

a. d. 27. ~\ Matt. 4. 1. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit 
into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 

Mark 1. 12. And immediately the Spirit driveth him into 
the wilderness. 

Luke 4. 1. And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned 
from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. 

§ 98. He is Anointed (1,) to preach the Gospel, (2,) to 
bind up the Broken-hearted, (3,) to proclaim Liberty, 
(4,) to proclaim the Day of Vengeance, (5,) to com- 
fort all that Mourn, (6,) to give Beauty, Joy, and 
the spirit of Praise. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 61. 1. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon 
me ; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good ti- 
dings unto the meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the broken- 
hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening 
of the prison to them that are bound ; 2 To proclaim the ac- 
ceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our 
God; to comfort all that mourn; 8 To appoint unto them 
that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the 
oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit 
of heaviness; that they might be called Trees of righteous- 
ness, The planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified. 

a. d. 27.] Luke 4. 16. And he came to Nazareth, where he 
had been brought up : and, as his custom was, he went into 
the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. 
17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet 
Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the 
place where it was written, 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon 
me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the 
poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach 
deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the 
blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach 
the acceptable year of the Lord. 20 And he closed the book, 
and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the 
eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on 
him. 21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this 
scripture fulfilled in your ears. 22 And all bare him witness, 
and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of 
his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son? 



§ 99-102.] Jesus Christ a Teacher. 57 

§ 99. He Preached and Taught. 

A. D. 27.] Matt. 4. 17. From that time Jesus began to preach, 
and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 
23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their syna- 
gogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom. 

Matt. 7. 29. For he taught them as one having authority, and 
not as the scribes. 

Mark 1. 14. Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus 
came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of 
God, 38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, 
that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth. 
89 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, 
and cast out devils. 

Luke 3. 18. And many other things in his exhortation 
preached he unto the people. 

Luke 4. 44. And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee. 

§ 100. The Doctrine and Word was not His Own, but the 

Fathers. 

A. d. 29.] John 7. 16. Jesus answered them, and said, My 
doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 

John 14. 24. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings : 
and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's 
which sent me. 

§ 101. He spoke and did as Taught and Commanded 

by the Father. 

A. d. 29. ,] John 8. 28. Then said Jesus unto them, When ye 
have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am 
he, and that I do nothing of myself ; but as my Father hath 
taught me, I speak these things. 

John 12. 49. For I have not spoken of myself ; but the Fa- 
ther which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I 
should say, and what I should speak. 50 And I know that his 
commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak there- 
fore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. 

John 14. 31. But that the world may know that I love the 
Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I 
do. 

§ 102. He makes known what he has Heard. 

A. d. 29.] John 3. 32. And what he hath seen and heard, 
that he testifieth ; and no man receiveth his testimony. 

John 8. 26. I have many things to say and to judge of you: 
but he that sent me is true ; and I speak to the world those 
things which 1 have heard of him. 



58 Jesus Christ a Prophet. [§ 103-105. 

§ 103. He made known all that he Heard of the Father. 

A. d. 29.] John 15. 15. Henceforth I call you not servants; 
for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have 
called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my 
Father I have made known unto you. 

§ 104. He was a Prophet. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 18. 18. I will raise them up a Prophet 
from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my 
words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I 
shall command him. 19 And it shall come to pass, that who- 
soever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak 
in my name, I will require it of him. 

A. D. 27. ~\ John 6. 14. Then those men, when they had seen 
the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that Prophet 
that should come into the world. 

John 7. 40. Many of the people therefore, when they heard 
this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. 

Luke 7. 16. And there came a fear on all : and they glorified 
God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us : and, 
That God hath visited his people. 

A. d. 29.] Matt. 21. 11. And the multitude said, This is 
Jesus, the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. 

§ 105. He foretold the destruction of Jerusalem, with 
the circumstances, and the scattering of the Jews 
among all Nations. 

a. d. 29.] Luke 19. 41. And when he was come near, he be- 
held the city, and wept over it, 42 Saying, If thou hadst 
known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which 
"belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes. 
43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall 
cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep 
thee in on every side. 44 And shall lay thee even with the 
ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not 
leave in thee one stone upon another ; because thou knewest 
not the time of thy visitation. 

Luke 21. 5. And as some spake of the temple, how it was 
adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, ° As for these 
things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which 
there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not 
be thrown down. 20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem com- 
passed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is 
nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judea flee to the moun- 
tains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; 



§ 106-108.] Jesus Christ a Prophet. 59 

and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. 
"For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which 
are written maybe fulfilled. 23 But woe unto them that are 
with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for 
there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this 
people. 32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not 
pass away, till all be fulfilled. [See also Matt. 24 and Mark 13.] 

§ 106. He foretold what Signs should follow them 

which Believed. 

A. D. 29.] Mark 16. 17. And these signs shall follow them 
that believe : In my name shall they cast out devils ; they 
shall speak with new tongues ; 18 They shall take up serpents; 
and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; 
they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. 

§ 107. He foretold the circumstances of his own Death, 
and that he would rise again the Third Day. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 16. 21. From that time forth began Jesus 
to show unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusa- 
lem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and 
scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. 

Matt. 20. 17. And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the 
twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, 18 Be- 
hold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be be- 
trayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they 
shall condemn him to death, 19 And shall deliver him to the 
Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and 
the third day he shall rise again. 

Matt. 26. 31. Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be 
offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will 
smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scat- 
tered abroad. 32 But after I am risen again, I will go before 
you into Galilee. 

§ 108. He foretold the gift of the Comforter. 

A. D. 29.] John 14. 16. And I will pray the Father, and he 
shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you 
for ever ; 17 Bven the Spirit of truth ; whom the world cannot 
receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him : but 
ye know him ; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 

John 16. 7. Nevertheless I tell you the truth ; It is expe- 
dient for you that I go away : for if I go not away, the Com- 
forter will not come unto you ; but if I depart, I will send 
him unto you. 

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60 Jesus Christ — His Knowledge. [§ 109-112. 

§ 109. He knows the Father. 

A. D. 29.] John 8. 54. It is my Father that honoureth me ; of 
whom ye say, that he is your God : 65 Yet ye have not known 
him ; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I 
shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his 
saying. 

John 10. 15. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I 
the Father. 

§ 110. Only Christ and those to whom He reveals Him^ 

Imow the Father. 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 11. 27. All things are delivered unto me of 
my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; 
neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he 
to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. 

§111. The Spirit of God made Him of quick Under- 
standing. 

b. c. 713.] Isa. 11. 1. And there shall come forth a rod out 
of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots: 
2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of 
wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, 
the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord ; 3 And 
shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the 
Lord : and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, nei- 
ther reprove after the hearing of his ears: 4 But with right- 
eousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for 
the meek of the earth. 

§ 112. He Jcnoios all Men and their Thoughts. 

a. d. 27.] John 1. 47. Jesus saw Nathanael comiug to him, 
and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no 
guile ! 48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou 
me? Jesus, answered and said unto him, Before that Philip 
called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. 

John 2. 24. But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, 
because he knew all men, 25 And needed not that any should 
testify of man; for he knew what was in man. 

Matt. 9. 4. And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Where- 
fore think ye evil in your hearts? 

Matt. 12. 25. And Jesus knew their thoughts. 

Mark 12. 15. But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto 
them, Why tempt ye me? 

Luke 5. 22. But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he 
answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts ? 



§ 113-117.] Jesus Christ — His Knowledge. 61 

§ 113. He knows his Own. 

A. d. 29.] John 10. 14. I am the good shepherd, and know 
my sheep, and am known of mine. 27 My sheep hear my voice, 
and I know them, and they follow me. 

a. d. 65.] 2 Tim. 2. 19. Nevertheless the foundation of God 
standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them 
that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of 
Christ depart from iniquity. 

§ 114. He knew who should betray Him. 

a. d. 29.] John 6. 64. But there are some of you that be- 
lieve not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they 
were that believed not, and who should betray him. 

John 13. 11. For he knew who should betray him; there- 
fore said he, Ye are not all clean. 18 1 speak not of you all : 
I know whom I have chosen : but that the Scripture may be 
fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his 
heel against me. 25 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto 
him, Lord, who is it ? 26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I 
shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had 
dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot. 

§115. He did not know the Day nor Hour when the end 

of the World should be. 

a. d. 29.] Mark 13. 31. Heaven and earth shall pass away: 
but my words shall not pass away. 32 But of that day and 
that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in 
heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. 

§ 116. All things icere delivered unto him by the Father. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 11. 27. All things are delivered unto me of 
my Father. 

John 3. 35. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all 
things into his hand. 

John 13. 3. Jesus knowing that the Father had given all 
tilings into his hands, and that he was come from God, and 
went to God. 

§ 11.7. All Power was given to him by God. 

A. d. 29.] John 17. 2. Thou hast given him power over all 
flesh. 

Matt. 28. 18. And Jesus came and spake unto them, say- 
ing, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 

Acts 10. 38. God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy 
Ghost and with power. 



62 Jesus Christ — His Power. [§118-123. 

§ 118. He is Equal with God. 

A. d. 28.] John 5. 17. But Jesus answered them, My Father 
worketh hitherto, and I work. 18 Therefore the Jews sought 
the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the 
sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making him- 
self equal with God. 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto 
them, Yerily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing 
of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things 
soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. 

a. d. 62:] Phil. 2. 6. Who, being in the form of God, 
thought it not robbery to be equal with God. 

§ 119. He received from the Father power to lay down 
His Life and to take it again. 

a. d. 29.] John 10. 17. Therefore doth my Father love me, 
because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. 18 No 
man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have 
power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. 
This commandment have I received of my Father. 

§ 120. He gave his Disciples power over unclean Spirits 

and to heal Sickness. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 10. 1. And when he had called unto Mm 
his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean 
spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness 
and all manner of disease. 

Mark 3. 14. And he ordained twelve, that they should be 
with him, and that he might send them forth to preach. 
15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils. 

Mark 6. 7. And he called., .the twelve,. . .and gave them 
power over unclean spirits. 

§ 121. He gives power to become the Sons of God. 

John 1. 12. But as many as received him, to them gave 
he power to become the sons of God, even to them that be- 
lieve on his name. 

§ 122. He is able to succour them that are Tempted. 

a. d. 68.] Heb. 2. 18 For in that he himself hath suffered 
being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. 

§ 128. He is able to save them that come unto God by 

Him. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 7. 25. Wherefore he is able also to save them 
to the uttermost that come unto God by him. 



§ 124-128.] Jesus Christ — His Miracles. 63 

§ 124. He is able to subdue all things unto Himself. 

A. D. 62. ~\ Phil. 3. 21. Who shall change our vile body, that 
it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to 
the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things 
unto himself. 

§ 125. He %>er formed Miracles. 

a. d. 27.] John 2. 11. This beginning of miracles did Jesus 
in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his 
disciples believed on him. 23 ISTow when he was in Jerusalem 
at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, 
when they saw the miracles which he did. 

A. d. 27.] John 3. 2. The same came to Jesus by night, and 
said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come 
from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, 
except God be with him. 

John 6. 2. And a great multitude followed him, because 
they saw his miracles which he did on them that were dis- 
eased. 

John 11. 47. Then gathered the chief priests and the Phari- 
sees a council, and said, What do we ? for this man doeth 
many miracles. 

John 12. 37. But though he had done so many miracles 
before them, yet they believed not on him. 

§ 126. The Winds and the Sea obeyed Him. 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 8. 26. Then he arose, and rebuked the winds 
and the sea; and there was a great calm. 27 But the men mar- 
velled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the 
winds and the sea obey him ! 

§ 127. He walked on the Water, 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 14. 25. And in the fourth watch of the 
night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. 26 And 
when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were 
troubled, saying, It is a spirit ; and they cried out for fear. 
27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good 
cheer; it is I; be not afraid. 

§ 128. He turned Water into Wine. 

A. d. 27.] John 2. 6. And there were set there six waterpots 
of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, con- 
taining two or three firkins apiece. 7 Jesus saith unto them, 
Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to 
the brim. 8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and 



64 Jesus Christ — His Miracles. [§ 129, 130. 

bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. 
9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was 
made wine, and knew not whence it was, (but the servants 
which drew the water knew,) the governor of the feast called 
the bridegroom, 10 And saith unto him, Every man at the 
beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well 
drunk, then that which is worse : out thou hast kept the good 
wine until now. " This beginning of miracles did Jesus in 
Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his dis- 
ciples believed on him. 

§ 129. At His Word the Fig-tree Withered away. 

A. d. 29. ~\ Matt. 21. 19. And when he saw a fig tree in the 
way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves 
only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward 
for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away. 20 And 
when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, How soon is 
the fig tree withered away. 

§ 130. He Fed the Multitude. 

A. D. 27.] Matt. 14. 15. And when it was evening, his dis- 
ciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the 
time is now past ; send the multitude away, that they may go 
into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. 16 But Jesus 
said unto them, They need not depart ; give ye them to eat. 
17 And they say unto him, "We have here but five loaves, and 
two fishes. 18 He said, Bring them hither to me. 19 And he 
commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took 
the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, 
he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, 
and the disciples to the multitude. 20 And they did all eat, 
and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that re- 
mained twelve baskets full. 21 And they that had eaten were 
about five thousand men, beside women and children. 

Matt. 15. 32. Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and 
said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they con- 
tinue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and 
I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. 
83 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so 
much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude ? 
34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye ? 
And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. 35 And he com- 
manded the multitude to sit down on the ground. 36 And he 
took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and 
brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the 
multitude. 37 And they did all eat, and were filled : and they 
took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. 



§131, 132.] Jesus Christ — His Miracles. 65 

88 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside 
women and children. 

§ 131. He Healed the Blind, the Dumb, and the Maimed. 

A. d. 27 1 ] Matt. 9. 27. And when Jesus departed thence, 
two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son 
of David, have mercy on us. 28 And when he was come into 
the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto 
them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto 
him, Yea, Lord. 29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, Ac- 
cording to your faith be it unto you. 30 And their eyes were 
opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no 
man know it. 32 As they went out, behold, they brought to 
him a dumb man possessed with a devil. 33 And when the 
devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes mar- 
velled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. 

A. d. 28.] Matt. 15. 30. And great multitudes came unto 
him, having with, them those that were lame, blind, dumb, 
maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; 
and he healed them: 31 Insomuch, that the multitude won- 
dered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be 
whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they 
glorified the God of Israel. 

§ 132. He Healed the Sick, the Lunatic, and those Pos- 
sessed of Devils. 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 4. 23. And Jesus went 'about all Galilee, 
teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the 
kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner 
of disease among the people. 24 And his fame went through- 
out all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that 
were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those 
which were possessed with devils, and those which were luna- 
tic, and those that had the pnlsy; and he healed them. 

Matt. 8. 2. And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped 
him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 
3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I 
will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was 
cleansed. 

Matt. 8. 13. And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy 
way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. 
And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. 

Matt. 12. 13. Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thy 
hand, And he stretched it forth ; and it w T as restored whole 
like as the other. u Then the Pharisees went out, and held 



66 Jesus Cheist — His Miracles. [§133,134. 

a council against him, how they might destroy him. 15 But 
when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and 
great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all. 
22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, 
blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the 
blind and dumb both spake and saw. 

a. d. 27.] Mark 1. 34. And he healed many that were sick 
of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not 
the devils to speak, because they knew him. 

Luke 9. 11. And the people, when they knew it, followed 
him: and he received them, and spaKe unto them of the king- 
dom of God, and healed them that had need of healing. 
42 And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, 
and delivered him again to his father. 

§ 133. He Cast out Devils by the Spirit of God. 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 12. 28. But if I cast out devils by the Spirit 
of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. 

§ 134. He Raised the Dead to Life. 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 9. 18. "While he spake these things unto 
them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, 
saying, My daughter is even now dead : but come and lay thy 
hand upon her, and she shall live. 25 But when the people 
were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and 
the maid arose. 

Luke 7. 12. Now when he came nigh to the gate of the 
city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son 
of his mother, and she was a widow : and much people of the 
city was with her. 13 And when the Lord saw her, he had 
compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. H And he 
came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood 
still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. 
16 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he 
delivered him to his mother. 

a. d. 29.] John 11. 14. Then said Jesus unto them plainly, 
Lazarus is dead. 17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he 
had lain in the grave four days already. 41 Then they took 
away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. 43 He 
cried with a loud voice, Lazarus,* come forth. 44 And he that 
was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes; 
and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith 
unto them, Loose him, and let him go. 

John 12. 1. Then Jesus, six days before the passover, came 
to Bethany, where Lazarus was which iiad been dead, whom 
he raised from the dead. 



§ 135-138.] Jesus Cheist without Sin. 67 

§ 135. He had Compassion. 

A. D. 27.] Luke 7. 12. Now when he came nigh to the gate 
of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the 
only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much 
people of the city was with her. 1S And when the Lord saw 
her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. 

Matt. 15. 32 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and 
said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue 
with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and 1 will 
not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. 

Matt. 20. 30. And, behold, two blind men sitting by the 
way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by cried out, Say- 
ing, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. S4 So 
Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and 
immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. 

§ 136. He Groaned and Wept. 

a. d. 29.] John 11. 33. When Jesus therefore saw her weep- 
ing, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he 
groaned in the spirit, and was troubled. S6 Jesus wept. 

Luke 19. 41. And when he was come near, he beheld the 
city, and wept over it. 

§ 137. He Rejoiced in Spirit. 

A. D. 29.] Luke 10. 21. In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, 
and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, 
that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, 
and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so 
it seemed good in thy sight. 

§ 138. He loas without Sin. 

B. c. 712.] Isa. 53. 9. He had done no violence, neither 
was any deceit in his mouth. 

A. D. 57.] 2 Cor. 5. 21. For he hath made him to he sin for 
us, who knew no sin ; that we might be made the righteous- 
ness of God in him. 

a. d. 60,] 1 Pet. 2. 22. Who did no sin, neither was guile 
found in his mouth. 

A. d. 63.] Heb. 7. 26. For such a high priest became us, who 
is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made 
higher than the heavens. 

A. d. 69,] 1 John 3. 5. And ye know that he was manifested 
to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. 
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68 Jesus Christ Meek and True. [§ 139-142. 

§ 139. He challenged any to Convict Him of Sin. 

A. D. 29. ~\ John 8. 46. Which of you convinceth me of sin ? 
And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me % 

§ 140. He was MeeTc and Lowly. 

b. c. 584-] Zech. 9. 9. "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion: 
shout, O daughter of Jerusalem : behold, thy King cometh 
unto thee : he is just, and having salvation: lowly, and rid- 
ing upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. 

A. d. 27. ~\ Matt. 11. 29. Take my yoke upon you, and learn 
of me ; for I am meek and lowly in heart : and ye shall find 
rest unto your souls. 

§ 141. He Washed the Disciples' Feet. 

A. d. 29.1 John 13. 4. He riseth from supper, and laid aside 
his garments ; and took a towel, and girded himself. 5 After 
that he poureth water into a basin, and began to wash the dis- 
ciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he 
was girded. 6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter : and Peter 
saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? 7 Jesus an- 
swered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now ; 
but thou shalt know hereafter. 8 Peter saith unto him, Thou 
shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee 
not, thou hast no part with me. 9 Simon Peter saith unto 
him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my 
head. 10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not 
save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit; and ye are 
clean, but not all. " For he knew who should betray him ; 
therefore said he, Ye are not all clean. 12 So after he had 
washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set 
down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done 
to you ? 13 Ye call me Master and Lord : and ye say well ; 
for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed 
your feet ; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For 
1 have given you an example, that ye should do as I have 
done to you. 16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is 
not greater than his Lord ; neither he that is sent greater than 
he that sent him. 

§ 142. He told the Truth and they sought to kill Him. 

A. d. 29.] John 8. 37. I know that ye are Abraham's seed ; 
but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. 
40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the 



§ 143-145.] Jesus Cheist Persecuted. 69 

truth, which I have heard of God : this did not Abraham. 
45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. 

§ 143. They endeavoured to catch Sim in Sis "Words. 

A. d. 29.] Luke 20. 19. And the chief priests and the scribes 
the same hour sought to lay hands on him : and they feared 
the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this para- 
ble against them. 20 And they watched him, and sent forth 
spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they 
might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him 
unto the power and authority of the governor. 21 And they 
asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and 
teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but 
teachest the way of God truly : 22 Is it lawful for us to give 
tribute unto Cesar, or no ? 

§ 144. They took counsel against Sim. 

b. c. 1044"! P sa - 2. 1. Why do the heathen rage, and the 
people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set 
themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the 
Lord, and against his anointed. 

a. d. 29.] Acts 4. 24. And when they heard that, they lifted 
up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou 
art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, 
and all that in them is. 25 Who by the mouth of thy servant 
David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people 
imagine vain things ? 26 The kings of the earth stood up, and 
the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against 
his Christ. 27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, 
whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, 
with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered to- 
gether, 28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel 
determined before to be done. 

§ 145. They hired Judas for thirty pieces of silver to 

betray Sim. 

b. c. 587.] Zech. 11. 12. And I said unto them, If ye think 
good, give me my price ; and if not, forbear. So they weighed 
for my price thirty pieces of silver. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 26. 14. Then one of the twelve, called Judas 
Iscariot, went unto the chief priests ; 15 And said unto them, 
What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you ? And 
they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. 16 And 
from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. 



70 Jesus Christ Persecuted. [§ 146, 147. 



§ 146. The Potter's Field bought with the price of Jesus. 

b. c. 587.] Zecb. 11. 13. And the Lord said unto me, Cast 
it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at of them. 
And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the pot- 
ter in the house of the Lord. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 27. 3. Then Judas, which had betrayed him, 
when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and 
brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests 
and elders, 4 Saying, I have sinned in that 1 have betrayed 
the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see 
thou to that. 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the 
temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. 6 And 
the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful 
for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of 
blood. 7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the 
potter's field to bury strangers in. 8 Wherefore that field was 
called, The field of blood, unto this day. 9 Then was fulfilled 
that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And 
they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was 
valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; 10 And 
gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me. 

§ 147. He gave no answer to the False Accusations made 

against Him. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 53. 7. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, 
yet he opened not his mouth : he is brought as a lamb to the 
slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he 
openeth not his mouth. 8 He was taken from prison and from 
judgment: and who shall declare his generation? 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 26. 57. And they that had laid hold on Je- 
sus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, w T here the scribes 
and the elders were assembled. b0 And all the council sought 
false witness against Jesus, to put him to death ; 60 But found 
none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they 
none. At the last came two false witnesses, "And said, 
This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and 
to build it in three days. G2 And the high priest arose, and 
said unto him, Answerest thou nothing ? what is it which these 
witness against thee? 63 But Jesus held his peace. 

Matt. 27. 12. And when he was accused of the chief priests 
and elders, he answered nothing. 13 Then said Pilate unto 
him,. Hcarest thou not how many things they witness against 
thee? 14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch 
that the governor marvelled greatly. 

Luke 23. 8, And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding 



§ 148-151.] Jesus Christ Crucified. 71 

glad: for be was desirous to see him of a long season, because 
he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen 
some miracle done by him. 9 Then he questioned with him 
in many words : but he answered him nothing. 

§ 148. He was Mocked and Scourged. 

A. d. 29.] Luke 23. 11. And Herod with his men of war set 
him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gor- 
geous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. 

Mark 15. 15. And so Pilate, willing to content the people, 
released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he 
had scourged him, to be crucified. 16 And the soldiers led him 
away into the hall called Pretorium ; and they called together 
the whole band. 1T And they clothed him with purple, and 
platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head, 18 And 
began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! 19 And they 
smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, 
and bowing their knees, worshipped, him. 20 And when they 
had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put 
his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. 

§ 149. He was Crucified. 

A. t>. 29.] Luke 23. 33. And when they were come to the 
place which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and 
the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the 
left. 

§ 150. He felt Himself Forsaken of God. 

A. d. 29.] Matt. 27. 46. And about the ninth hour Jesus 
cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani ? 
that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 

§ 151. He toas numbered among Transgressors, 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 53. 12. And he was numbered with the trans- 
gressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession 
for the transgressors. 

Luke 22. 37. For I say unto you, that this that is written 
must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among 
the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end. 

Mark 15. 27. And with him they crucify two thieves; the 
one on his right hand, and the other on his left. 28 And the 
Scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And lie was numbered 
with the transgressors. 



72 Jesus Christ Crucified. [§ 152-154. 

§ 152. Tliey parted His Garments among them, and 

cast lots for his Coat. 

b. c. 10JfJf.~\ Psa. 22. 18. They part my garments among 
them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 

a. d. 29. ~\ John 19. 23. Then the soldiers, when they had 
crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to 
every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was 
without seam, w T oven from the top throughout. 24 They said 
therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots 
for it, whose it shall be: that the Scripture might be fulfilled, 
which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for 
my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the 
soldiers did. 

Matt. 27. 35. And they crucified him, and parted his gar- 
ments, casting lots ; that it might be fulfilled which was 
spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among 
them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 

§ 153. They gave Rim Vinegar to drink, mingled 

with Gall. 

e. c. 1015.] Psa. 69. 21. They gave me also gall for my 
meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 

a. d. 29.] John 19. 28. After this, Jesus knowing that all 
things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be 
fulfilled, saith, I thirst. 29 Now there was set a vessel full of 
vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it 
upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus there- 
fore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he 
bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. 

§ 154. They reviled and mocked Him for trusting in 

God. 

a. d. 1060.] Psa. 109. 25. I became also a reproach unto 
them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. 

b. c. 1044-] P sa - 22. 7. All they that see me laugh me to 
scorn : they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 
8 He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him : let him 
deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. 

a. d. 29.] Matt* 27. 39. And they that passed by reviled 
him, wagging their heads, 40 And saying, Thou that de- 
stroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thy- 
self. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. 
41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes 
and elders, said, 42 He saved others ; himself he cannot save. 
If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the 



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cross, and we will believe him. 43 He trusted in God; let 
him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am 
the Son of God. 44 The thieves also, which were crucified 
with him, cast the same in his teeth. 

§155. They %> ierced Him . 

b. c. 1044.] Psa. 22. 16. For dogs have compassed me: the 
assembly of the wicked have enclosed me : they pierced my 
hands and my feet. 

b. c. 587.] Zech. 12. 10. And I will pour upon the house of 
David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of 
grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me 
whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as 
one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for 
him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. 

a. d. 29.] John 19. 34. But one of the soldiers with a spear 
pierced his side, and forthwith came thereout blood and 
water. 35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is 
true ; and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might be- 
lieve. 36 For these things were done, that the scripture should 
be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. 37 And 
again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom 
they pierced. 

§ 156. He commended his spirit to God, and Died. 

A. d. 29.] Luke 23. 46. And when Jesus had cried with a 
loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my 
spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. 

§ 157. He was laid in the Sepulchre. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 53. 9. And he made his grave with the 
wicked, and with the rich in his death ; because he had done 
no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 27. 57. When the even was come, there 
came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also him- 
self was Jesus's disciple. 58 He went to Pilate, and begged 
the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be 
delivered. 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he 
wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 And laid it in his own 
new tomb, which he had hewn oat in the rock: and he rolled 
a great stone to the door of the sepulchre and departed. 

§ 158. He arose from the Dead the Third Day. 

B. c. 1044- ] Psa. 16. 9. Therefore my heart is glad, and my 
glory rejoiceth : my flesh also shall rest in hope. 10 For thou 



74 Jesus Christ — His Resurrection. [§159. 

wilt not leave my soul in hell ; neither wilt thou suffer thine 
Holy One to see corruption. 

a. d. 29. ~\ Luke 24. 1. Now upon the first day of the week, 
very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bring- 
ing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with 
them. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepul- 
chre. 8 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord 
Jesus. 4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed 
thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining gar- 
ments: 5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their 
faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the 
living among the dead? 6 He is not here, but is risen: re- 
member how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, 

7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of 
sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. 

8 And they remembered his words, 9 And returned from the 
sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to 
all the rest. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and 
Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with 
them, which told these things unto the apostles. " And 
their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they be- 
lieved them not. 12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the 
sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes 
laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at 
that which was come to pass. 

§ 159. He appeared unto His Disciples after His Res- 
urrection, and ate with them. 

a. d. 29.] John 20. 11. But Mary stood without at the sep- 
ulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and 
looked into the sepulchre, 12 And seeth two angels in white 
sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where 
the body of Jesus had lain. "And they say unto her, Woman, 
why weepest thou ? She saith unto them, Because they have 
taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid 
him. 14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, 
and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. 
15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou ? whom 
seekest thou ? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith 
unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where 
thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. 16 Jesus saith 
unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, 
Kabboni; which is to say, Master. 1T Jesus saith unto her, 
Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but 
go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my 
Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. 
18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she 



§ 159.] Jesus Christ — His Resurrection". 75 

had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things nnto 
her. 

a. d. 29. ~\ Luke 20. 13. And, behold, two of them went that 
same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusa- 
lem about threescore furlongs. ll And they talked together of 
all these things which had happened. 16 And it came to pass, 
that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself 
drew near, and went with them. 16 But their eyes were 
holden that they should not know him. 17 And he said unto 
them, What manner of communications are these that ye have 
one to another, as ye walk, and are sad ? ]8 And the one of 
them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art 
thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the 
things which are come to pass there in these days ? 19 And 
he said unto them, What things ? And they said unto him, 
Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty 
in deed and word before God and all the people: 20 And how 
the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned 
to death, and have crucified him. 21 But we trusted that it 
had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and besides 
all this, to day is the third day since these things were done. 
22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us aston- 
ished, which were early at the sepulchre; 23 And when they 
found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also 
seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. 24 And 
certain of them which were w T ith us went to the sepulchre, 
and found it even so as the woman had said : but him they 
saw not. 2B Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of 
heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: 26 Ought 
not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his 
glory ? 27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he 
expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concern- 
ing himself. 28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither 
they went: and he made as though he would have gone fur- 
ther. 29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us ; 
for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he 
went in to tarry with them. 30 And it came to pass, as he sat 
at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, 
and gave to them. 31 And their eyes were opened, and they 
knew him ; and he vanished out of their sight. 32 And they 
said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while 
he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the 
Scriptures ? 33 And they rose up the same hour, and returned 
to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them 
that were with them, 34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and 
hath appeared to Simon. 35 And they told what things were 
done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of 
bread. 36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the 



76 Jesus Christ — His Resurrection. [§159. 

midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace he unto you. 87 But 
they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had 
seen a spirit. 38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled ? 
and why do thoughts arise in your hearts ? s9 Behold my 
hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; 
for a spirit hath jmt flesh and bones, as ye see me have. 
40 And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands 
and his feet.. 41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and 
wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat ? 42 And 
they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of a honeycomb. 
43 And he took it, and did eat before them. 44 And he said 
unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, 
while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, 
which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, 
and in the psalms, concerning me. 45 Then opened he their 
understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures, 
46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it be- 
hooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third. 
day: 47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be 
preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusa- 
lem. 48 And ye are witnesses of these things. 49 And, behold, 
I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the 
city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. 

a. d. 29.] John 20. 21. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace 
he unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. 
22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto 
them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. 24 But Thomas, one of the 
twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 
25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen 
the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his 
hands the print of the nails, and put my ringer into the print 
of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not be- 
lieve. 26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, 
and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being 
shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace he unto you. 
27 Then saith he to Thomas. Reach hither thv finger, and be- 
hold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it 
into my side; and be not faithless, but believing. 28 And 
Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 
29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, 
thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet 
have believed. 

John 21. 1. After these things Jesus showed himself again 
to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise 
showed he himself. 2 There were together Simon Peter, and 
Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, 
and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. 
3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto 



§ 159.] Jesus Christ — His Resurrection. 17 

him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered 
into a ship immediately ; and that night they caught noth- 
ing. 4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on 
the shore; but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. 
6 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? 
They answered him, No. 6 And he said unto them, Cast 
the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They 
cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the 
multitude of fishes. 7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus 
loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon 
Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fishers' coat unto 
him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea. 
8 And the other disciples came in a little ship, (for they were 
not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) drag- 
ging the net with fishes. 9 As soon then as they were come 
to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, 
and bread. I0 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which 
ye have now caught. u Simon Peter went up, and drew the 
net to land full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty and 
three : and for all there were so many, yet was not the net 
broken. I2 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none 
of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing 
that it was the Lord. %13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh 
bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise. 14 This is now 
the third time that Jesus showed himself to his disciples, 
after that he was risen from the dead. 15 So when they 
had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, 
lovest thou me more than these ? He saith unto him, Yea, 
Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, 
Feed my lambs. 16 He saith to him again the second time, 
Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me ? He saith unto him, Yea, 
Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, 
Feed my sheep. " He saith unto him the third time, Simon, 
son of Jonas, lovest thou me ? Peter was grieved because he 
said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me ? And he said 
unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things ; thou knowest that 
I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 18 Verily, 
verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst 
thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou 
shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another 
shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. 
19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify 
God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Fol- 
low me. 20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple 
whom Jesus loved following ; which also leaned on his breast 
at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? 
21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this 
man do? 22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till 



*I8 Jesus Christ shall Come Again. [§ 160-162. 

I come, what is that to thee ? follow thou me. 20 Then went 
this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple 
should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die ; 
but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? 

§ 160. He was carried up into Heaven. 

a. d. 29.] Luke 24. 50. And he led them out as far as to 
Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. B1 And 
it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from 
them, and carried up into heaven. 

Mark 16. 19. So then, after the Lord had spoken unto them, 
he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand 
of God. 

Acts 1. 9. And when he had spoken these things, while 
they beheld, he was taken up ; and a cloud received him out 
of their sight. 

§ 161. He shall Come Again. 

A. d. 29. ,] Matt. 24. 30. And then shall appear the sign of 
the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the 
earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the 
clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 

John 14. 2. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go 
and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive 
you unto myself ; that where I am, there ye may be also. 

Acts 1. 10. And while they looked steadfastly toward 
heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by thein in 
white apparel. " Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why 
stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is 
taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner 
as ye have seen him go into heaven. 

a. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 4. 16. For the Lord himself shall de- 
scend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the arch- 
angel, and with the trump of God. 

a. d. 65.] Titus 2. 11. For the grace of God that bringeth 
salvation hath appeared to all men. 12 Teaching us that, de- 
nying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, 
righteously, and godly, in this present world. 13 Looking for 
that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great 
God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. 

§ 162. He appeared to some after his Ascension. 

A. d. 31.] Acts 7. 55. But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, 
looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, 
and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 56 And said, 
Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man stand- 
ing ou the right hand of God. 57 Then they cried out with, a 



§ 162.] Jesus Christ seen after Ascension. 79 

lond voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one 
accord. 

a. d. 33.] Acts 9. 1. And Saul, yet breathing out threaten- 
ing^ and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went 
unto the high priest, 2 And desired of him letters to Damas- 
cus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, 
whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound 
unto Jerusalem. 3 And as he journeyed, he came near Da- 
mascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light 
from heaven : 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice say- 
ing unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me ? 6 And he 
said, Who art thou, Lord ? And the Lord said, I am Jesus 
whom thou persecutest : it is hard for thee to kick against the 
pricks. "And he, trembling and astonished, said, Lord, what 
wilt thou have me to do ? And the Lord said unto him, 
Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou 
must do. 7 And the men which journeyed Avith him stood 
speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. 8 And Saul 
arose from the earth ; and when his eyes were opened, he saw 
no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into 
Damascus. 9 And he was three days without sight, and nei- 
ther did eat nor drink. 10 And there was a certain disciple at 
Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a 
vision, Ananias ; And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. 
11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street 
which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for 
one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth. 12 And 
hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias, coming in, and put- 
ting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. 13 Then 
Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, 
how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: 
14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all 
that call on thy name. 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy 
way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name be- 
fore the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: 1R For 
I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's 
sake. 17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the 
house ; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the 
Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou 
earnest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, 
and be filled with the Holy Ghost. 

a. d. 60.] Acts 22. 17. Ajad it came to pass, that, when I was 
come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I 
was in a trance ; 18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, 
and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not re- 
ceive thy testimony concerning me. 19 And I said, Lord, they 
know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them 
that believed on thee. 20 And when the blood of thy martyr 



80 Jesus Cheist the Beead of Life. [§ 163-165. 

Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto 
his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him. 21 And 
lie said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto 
the Gentiles. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 9. 1. Have I not seen Jesus Christ our 
Lord? 

1 Cor. 15. 8. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of 
one born out of due time. 

§ 163. He is alvmys with his Disciples. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 28. 20. Lo, I am with you alway, even unto 
the end of the world. Amen. 

§ 164. He is the Bread of Life. 

A. d. 28.} John 6. 30. They said therefore unto him, what 
sign showest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? 
what dost thou work? 3l Our fathers did eat manna in the 
desert ; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to 
eat. s2 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven ; but my Fa- 
ther giveth you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread 
of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life 
unto the world. 34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore 
give us this bread. 35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the 
bread of life : he that cometh to me shall never hunger ; and 
he that believeth on me shall never thirst. 41 The Jews then 
murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread w T hich 
came down from heaven. 43 Jesus therefore answered and 
said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. 48 1 am that 
bread of life. 4Q Your fathers did eat manna in the wilder- 
ness, and are dead. 60 This is the bread which cometh down 
from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 51 I 
am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any 
man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread 
that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of 
the world. 58 This is that bread which came down from heav- 
en: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that 
eateth of this bread shall live for ever. ■ 

8*165. He is the Lamb of God^ and was Slain. 

A. D. 27. .] John 1. 29. The next day John seeth Jesus com- 
ing unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which tak- 
eth away the sin of the world. 36 And looking upon Jesus as 
he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God ! 

A. d. 96.] Rev. 5. 6. And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of 
the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the el- 



§ 166-169.] Jesus Cheist the Atonement. 81 

ders, stood a lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and 
seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into 
all the earth. 7 And he came and took the book out of the 
right hand of him that sat upon the throne. 8 And when he 
had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty el- 
ders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them 
harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers 
of saints. 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art wor- 
thy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou 
wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, out of 
every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation. 

§ 166. He gave Himself a Sacrifice for Us. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 5. 2. And walk in love, as Christ also hath 
loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sac- 
rifice to God for a sweet smelling savour. 

§ 167. He was delivered for our Offences. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 53. 5. But he was wounded for our trans- 
gressions, he was bruised for our iniquities : the chastisement 
of our peace was upon him ; and with his stripes we are healed. 
6 All we like sheep have gone astray ; we have turned every 
one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the in- 
iquity of us all. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 5. 7. For even Christ our passover is sac- 
rificed for us'. 

A. d. 57.] Rom. 4. 25. Who was delivered for our offences. 

§ 168. He suffered and died for our Sins. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 53. 8. He was taken from prison and from 
judgment : and who shall declare his generation ? for he was 
cut off out of the land of the living : for the transgression of 
my people was he stricken. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 15. 3. For I delivered unto you first of all 
that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins 
according to the Scriptures. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Pet. 3. 18. For Christ also hath once suffered 
for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to 
God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by^ the 
Spirit. 

§169. He was offered once for all, and there is no 

more offering for Sin. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 9. 24. For Christ is not entered into the 
holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; 
but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God 



82 • Jesus Christ the Atonement. [§ 170, 171. 

for us: "Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the 
high priest eutereth into the holy place every year with blood 
of others. 2G For then must he often have suffered since 
the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the 
world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of 
himself. 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but 
after this the judgment: 28 So Christ was once offered to bear 
the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he 
appear the second time without sin unto salvation. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 10. 10. By the which will we are sanctified 
through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 

11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering 
oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins : 

12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, for 
ever sat down on the right hand of God ; 13 From henceforth 
expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. 14 For by 
one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sancti- 
fied. lb Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for 
after that he had said before, 16 This is the covenant that I 
will make with them after those days, saith the Lord ; I will 
put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write 
them; 17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no 
more. 18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more 
offering for sin. 



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§170. He is the Propitiation of our Bins. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 3. 24. Being justified freely by his grace 
through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom 
God hath set forth to oe a propitiation through faith in his 
blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins 
that are past, through the forbearance of God. 

A. d. 69.] 1 John 2. 2. And he is the propitiation for our 
sins : and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole 
world. 

1 John 4. 10. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but 
that he loved us, and sent his Son to ue the propitiation for 



our sins. 



171. He is the Ransom. 



A. D. 29.] Matt. 20. 27. And whosoever will be chief 
among you, let him be your servant: 28 Even as the Son of 
man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to 
give his life a ransom for many. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 2. 6. Who gave himself a ransom for all, 
to be testified in clue time. 



§ 172, 173.] Jesus Cheist the Atonement. 83 

§ 172. Through him is Reconciliation. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 5. 18. All things are of God, who hath 
reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath, given to 
us the ministry of reconciliation ; 19 To wit, that God was in 
Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their 
trespasses unto them ; and hath committed unto us the word 
of reconciliation. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 5. 10. For if, when we were enemies, we 
w T ere reconciled to God by the death of his Son ; much more, 
being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. " And not 
only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus 
Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.* 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 2. 14. For he is our peace, who hath made 
both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition 
between us; 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even 
the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to 
make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace. 
16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by 
the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And came and 
preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that 
were nigh. 18 For through him we both have access by one 
Spirit unto the Father. 

A. d. 62.] Col. 1. 19. For it pleased the Father that in him 
should all fulness dwell; 20 And, having made peace through, 
the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto him- 
self ; by him, I say, whether they he things in earth, or things 
in heaven, 21 And you, that were sometimes alienated and 
enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he rec- 
onciled 22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present 
you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight. 

A. d. 63.] Heb. 2. 17. Wherefore in all things it behooved 
him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a 
merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, 
to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. 

§ 173. He is the Only Mediator between God and Man. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 8. 6. He is the mediator of a better cove- 
nant, which was established upon better promises. 

Heb. 9. 15. And for this cause he is the mediator of the 
new testament. 

Heb. 12. 24. Jesus the mediator of the new covenant. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 2. 5. For there is one God, and one medi- 
ator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 

* Or, reconciliation. 



84 Jesus Christ the Atonement. [§ 174, 175. 

§ 174. He is the Sinner' 1 s Intercessor and Advocate. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 8. 34. Christ that died, yea rather, that is 
risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also 
maketh intercession for us. 

a. d. 63.~\ Heb. 7, 25. Wherefore he is able also to save them 
to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever 
liveth to make intercession for them. 

A. d. 69. J 1 John 2. 1. My little children, these things 
write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we 
have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 

§ 175. He is the High Priest. 

A. d. 63. ~\ Heb. 3. 1. "Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers 
of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest 
of our profession, Christ Jesus. 

Heb. 4. 14. Seeing then that we have a great high priest, 
that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us 
hold fast our profession. 

Heb. 5. 6. As he saith also in another place. Thou art a 
priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. 10 Called of 
God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek. 

Heb. 6. 20. Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even 
Jesus, made a high priest for ever after the order of Melchiz- 
edek. 

Heb. 7. 11. If therefore perfection were by the Levitical 
priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what 
further need was there that another priest should rise after the 
order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of 
Aaron ? 12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made 
of necessity a change also of the law. 13 For he of whom 
these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which 
no man gave attendance at the altar. 14 For it is evident that 
our Lord sprang out of Judah; of which tribe Moses spake 
nothing concerning priesthood. 15 And it is yet far more evi- 
dent : for that after the similitude of Melchizedek there ariseth 
another priest, 16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal 
commandment, but after the power of an endless life. a7 For 
he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Mel- 
chizedek. 18 For there is verily a disannulling of the com- 
mandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness 
thereof. 19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bring- 
ing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto 
God. 20 And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made 
priest: 21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but 
this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware 
and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order 



§ 176-178.] Jesus Christ the Atonement. 85 

of Melchizedek:) 22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a 
better testament. 

§ 176. He continues forever the same, and Sis Priest- 
hood is Unchangeable. 

A. d. 63.] Heb. 1. 11. They shall perish, but thou remainest: 
and they all shall wax old as doth a. garment ; 12 And as a 
vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: 
but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. 

Heb. 7. 23. And they truly were many priests, because they 
were not suffered to continue by reason of death: 24 But this 
man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priest- 
hood. 26 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the utter- 
most that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to 
make intercession for them. 

Heb. 13. 8. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, 
and for ever. 

§ 177. He is the Redeemer. 

a. d. 52.] Gal. 3. 13. Christ hath redeemed us from the 
curse of the law, being made a curse for us : for it is written, 
Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree. 

A. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 1. 30. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, 
who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, ana 
sanctification, and redemption. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Pet. 1. 18. Forasmuch as ye know that we were 
not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and • gold, 
from your vain conversation received by tradition from your 
fathers. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 9. 11. But Christ being come a high priest 
of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect taber- 
nacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this build- 
ing; "Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his 
own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having ob- 
tained eternal redemption for us. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 5. 9. And they sung a new song, saying, 
Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals 
thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by 
thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and 
nation. 

§ 178. He is the Deliverer. 

a. d. 52.] Gal. 1. 3. Grace ~be to you, and peace, from God 
the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 Who gave 
himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this pres- 
ent evil world, according to the will of God and our Father. 

1 Thess. 1. 10. And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he 



86 Jesus Christ the Saviour. [§ 179-181. 

raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the 
wrath to come. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 2. 14. Forasmuch then as the children are 
partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took 
part of the same ; that through death he might destroy him 
that had the power of death, that is, the devil ; 16 And deliver 
them who through fear of death were all their lifetime sub- 
ject to bondage. 

§ 179. He is the Saviour. 

B. c. 4"] Matt. 1. 21. And she shall bring forth a son, and 
thou shall call his name JESUS : for he shall save his people 
from their sins. 

Luke 2. 10. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, 
behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be 
to all people. n For unto you is born this day in the city of 
David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 

a. d. 27.] John 3. 17. For God sent not his Son into the 
world to condemn the world; but that the world through him 
might be saved. 

a. d. 29.] Luke 19. 10. For the Son of man is come to seek 
and to save that which was lost. 

A. d. 30.] Acts 5. 30. The God of our fathers raised up Je- 
sus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. 31 Him hath God 
exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for 
to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. 

a. d. Jf5.] Acts 13. 23. God, according to Ms promise, raised 
unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus. 

A. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 5. 9. For God hath not appointed us to 
wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 1. 15. This is a faithful saying, and wor- 
thy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world 
to save sinners. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 4. 14. And we have seen and do testify, 
that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. 

§ 180. Salvation in no other Name. 

a. d. 29.~\ Acts 4. 12. Neither is there salvation in any other; 
for there is none other name under heaven given among 
men, whereby we must be saved. 

§ 181. Me is the good Shepherd and Bishop. 

b. c. 584-] Fzek. 34. 23. And I will set up one Shepherd 
over them, and he shall feed them 9 even my servant David ; 
he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24 And I 



§ 182-184.] Jesus Chkist the Saviour. 87 

the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince 
among them ; I the Lord have spoken it. 

b. c. 58^.] Ezek. 37. 24. And David my servant shall feking 
over them ; and they all shall have one shepherd : they shall 
also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do 
them. 

a. d. 29.') John 10. 11. I am the good shepherd: the good 
shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 14 1 am the good shep- 
herd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. 10 And 
other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I 
must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be 
one fold, and one shepherd. 

A. d. 60.) 1 Peter 2. 25. For ye were as sheep going astray ; 
but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your 
souls. 

1 Peter 5. 4. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, 
ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. 

a. d. 63.) Heb. 13. 20. Now the God of peace, that brought 
again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of 
the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 
21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, work- 
ing in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through 
Jesus Christ ; to whom de glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

§ 182. He is Touched with our Infirmities and bears 

our Griefs. 

b. c. 712.) Isa. 53. 4. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and 
carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten 
of God, and afflicted. 

a. d. 63.) Heb. 4. 15. For we have not a high priest which 
cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities ; but 
was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 

§ 183. He gives Rest to the Weary. 

a. d. 27.) Matt. 11. 28. Come unto me, all ye that labour 
and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my 
yoke upon you, and learn of me ; for I am meek and lowly in 
heart : and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke 
is easy, and my burden is light. 

§ 184. He receiveth sinners. 

A. d. 29. ~\ Luke 11.1. Then drew near unto him all the pub- 
licans and sinners for to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and 
scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and 
eateth with them. 



88 Jesus Christ the Judge. [§ 185-187. 

§ 185. He has power on the earth to forgive sins. 

A. d. 27.] Mark 2. 5. When Jesus saw their faith, he said 
unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. 
6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and rea- 
soning in their hearts, 7 Why doth this man thus speak blas- 
phemies? who can forgive sins but God only 2 8 And imme- 
diately, when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned 
within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these 
things in your hearts? 9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick 
of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee ; or to say, Arise, and 
take up thy bed, and walk ? 10 But that ye may know that the 
Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith 
to the sick of the palsy,) n I say unto thee, Arise, and take 
up thy bed, and go thy way unto thine house. 

§ 186. He is the Judge. 

A. d. 28.] John 5. 22. For the Father judgeth no man, but 
hath committed all judgment unto the Son: £7 And hath given 
him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son 
of man. so I can of mine ownself do nothing: as I hear, J 
judge : and my judgment is just ; because I seek not mine own 
will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. 

a. d. 31.] Acts 10. 42. And he commanded us to preach 
unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained 
of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. 

a. d. 56.] Acts 17. 31. Because he hath appointed a day, in 
the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that 
man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance 
unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 5. 9. Wherefore we labour, that, whether 
present or absent, we may be accepted of him. 10 For we 
must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ ; that every 
one may receive the things done in his body, according to that 
he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 

A. d. 58.] Rom. 14. 10. But why dost thou judge thy broth- 
er? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother ? for we shall 
all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 

a. d. 65. ~] 2 Tim. 4. 1. I charge thee therefore before God, 
and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the 
dead at his appearing and his kingdom. 

§ 187. He is Just arid Holy. 

A. d. 29.] Act 3. 14. But ye denied the Holy One and the 
Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you. 

Acts 4. 27. For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, 



§ 188, 189.] Jesus Christ the Light op the World. 89 

whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, 
with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered 
together. 

a. d. 31.] Acts 7. 52. Which of the prophets have not your 
fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which showed 
before of the coming of the Just One ; of whom ye have been 
now the betrayers and murderers. 

a. d. 60.~] Acts 22. 14. The God of our fathers hath chosen 
thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, 
and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. 

1 Pet. 3. 18. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the 
just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 1. 9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful 
and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all 
unrighteousness. 

§ 188. He is the Giver of Grace. 

a. d. 26.] John 1. 16. And of his fulness have all we re- 
ceived, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given by 
Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 

a. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 5. 28. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ 
be with you. Amen. 

2 Thess. 3. 18. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
you all. Amen. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 1. 4. I thank my God always on your be- 
half, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ. . 

1 Cor. 16. 23. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
you. 

a. d. 57. ,] 2 Cor. 13. 14. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, 
and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost be 
with you all. Amen. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 16. 20. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ 
be with you. Amen. 24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be 
with you all. Amen. 

a. d. 98.] Rev. 22. 21. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be 
with you all. Amen. 

§ 189. He is the Light of the World. 

b. c. IJfO.] Isa. 9. 1. Nevertheless the dimness shall not be 
such as wasin her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflict- 
ed the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, and after- 
ward did more grievously afflict Tier by the way of the sea, be- 
yond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. 2 The people that 
walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell 
in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light 
shiued. 



90 Jesus Christ Foundation of Church. [§ 190, 191. 

a. D. 27. ~\ Matt. 4. 13. And leaving Nazareth, he came and 
dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the bor- 
ders of Zebulun and Nephthalim : 14 Thatit might be fulfilled 
which was sj)oken by Esaias the prophet, saying, I5 The land of 
Zebulun, and the land of Kephthalim, ~by way of the sea, be- 
yond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; 16 The people which sat 
in darkness saw great light ; and to them which sat in the 
region and shadow of death light is sprung up. 

a. d, 29.] John 8. 12. Then Jesus spake again unto them, 
saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me 
shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 

John 9. 5. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of 
the world. 

John 12. 35. Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while 
is the light with you. "Walk while ye have the light, lest 
darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness 
knoweth not whither he goeth. 3G While ye have light, be- 
lieve in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These 
things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from 
them. 4e I am come a light into the world, that whosoever 
believeth on me should not abide in darkness. 

§ 190. He is the Wisdom of God. 

a. d. 56.~] 1 Cor. 1. 20. "Where is the wise? where is the 
scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God 
made foolish the wisdom of this world ? 21 For after that in 
the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it 
pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that 
believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek 
after wisdom: 23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the 
Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; 
24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, 
Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 

§ 191. He is the Rock and Foundation of the Church. 

a. d. 28.] Matt. 16. 15. He saith unto them, But whom say 
ye that I am? 10 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou 
art the Christ, the Son of the living God. " And Jesus an- 
swered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: 
for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father 
which is in heaven. 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou 
art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church ; and the 
gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 

1 Cor. 3. 9. For we are labourers together with God: ye 
are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. 10 According to 
the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise master- 



§ 192, 193.] Jesus Cheist Head of the Chttkch. 91 

builder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth 
thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth there- 
upon. " For other foundation can no man lay than that is 
laid, which is Jesus Christ. 

A. d. 61.] Eph. 2. 19. Now therefore ye are no more stran- 
gers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and 
of the household of God ; -° And are built upon the founda- 
tion of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being 
the chief corner stone; 21 In whom all the building fitly 
framed together groweth unto a holy temple in the Lord : 
22 In whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of 
God through the Spirit. 

§ 192. He is the Head of the Church. 

A. D. 61.] Eph. 1. 10. That in the dispensation of the ful- 
ness of times he might gather together in one all things in 
Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; 
even in him : 22 And hath put all things under his feet, and. 
gave him to be the head over all things to the church. 

Eph. 4. 14. That we henceforth be no more children, tossed 
to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by 
the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie 
in wait to deceive ; 15 But speaking the truth in love, may 
grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: 
10 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and com- 
pacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the 
effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh in- 
crease of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. 

Eph. 5. 23. Christ is the head of the church : and he is the 
Saviour of the body. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 1. 18. And he is the head of the body, the 
church. 

§ 193. He is Greater than the Prophets, or Moses, or 

A braham. 

A. D. 63.] Heb. 1.1. God, who at sundry times and in divers 
manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 

2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he 
hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the 
worlds. 

Heb. 3. 1. Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heav- 
enly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our pro- 
fession, Christ Jesus; 2 Who was faithful to him that ap- 
pointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. 

3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, 
inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour 

5* 



92 Jesus Christ Greater than All. [§ 193. 

than the house. * For every house is builded by some man ; 
but he that built all things is God. 5 And Moses verily was 
faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those 
things which were to be spoken after ; c But Christ as a 
Son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold 
fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto 
the end. 

A. D. 63.] Heb. 7. 1. For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, 
priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from 
the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; 2 To whom also 
Abraham gave a tenth part of all ; first being by interpretation 
king of righteousness, and after that nlso King of Salem, 
which is, King of peace. s Without father, without mother, 
without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of 
life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest 
continually. 4 Now consider how great this man was, unto 
whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the 
spoils. 6 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who 
received the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to 
take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their 
brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham : 6 But 
he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of 
Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. 7 And 
without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better. 
8 And here men that die received tithes; but there he receiveth 
them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. 9 And as I may 
so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, paid tithes in Abra- 
ham. ]0 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Mel- 
chizedek met him. " If therefore perfection were by the Le- 
vitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) 
what further need was there that another priest should rise af- 
ter the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the or- 
der of Aaron ? 12 For the priesthood being changed, there is 
made of necessity a change also of the law. 13 For he of 
whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of 
which no man gave attendance at the altar. 14 For it is evi- 
dent that our Lord sprang out of Judah ; of which tribe Moses 
spake nothing concerning priesthood. 1B And it is yet far 
more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchizedek 
there ariseth another priest, 1(i Who is made, not after the 
law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an end- 
less life. 17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest forever after 
the order of Melchizedek. 18 For there is verily a disannulling 
of the commandment going before, for the weakness and un- 
profitableness thereof. 10 For the law made nothing perfect, 
but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we 
draw nigh unto God. 20 And inasmuch as not without an 
oath he was made priest; 21 (For those priests were made 



§ 194, 195.] Jesus Christ Greater than All. 93 

without an oath ; but this with an oath by him that said unto 
him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest 
forever after the order of Melchizedek :) 22 By so much was 
Jesus made a surety of a better testament. 

§ 194. He is Greater than the Angels. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 1. 4. Being made so much better than the 
angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent 
name than they. 6 For unto which of the angels said he 
at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? 
And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a 
Son? G And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into 
the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship 
him. 7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels 
spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. 8 But unto the Son 
he saith, Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: a sceptre of 
righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 9 Thou hast 
loved righteousness, and hated iniquity : therefore God, even 
thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above 
thy fellows. 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid 
the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the works 
of thine hands : u They shall perish, but thou remainest : 
and they all shall wax old as doth a garment ; 12 And as a 
vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed : 
but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. 13 But 
to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right 
hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool ? 14 Are they 
not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who 
shall be heirs of salvation ? 

§ 195. He is above all Creatures. 

A. d. 27.] John 3. 31. He that cometh from above is above 
all : he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the 
earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. 

a. T>. 60.] 1 Pet. 3. 22. Who is gone into heaven, and is on 
the right hand of God ; angels and authorities and powers 
being made subject unto him. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 1. 19. And what is the exceeding greatness 
of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the work- 
ing of his mighty power, 20 Which he wrought in Christ, 
when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own 
right hand in the heavenly places, 21 Far above all princi- 
pality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name 
that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which 
is to come : 22 And hath put all things under his feet, and 
gave him to be the head over all things to the church. 



94 Jesus Christ Came from Heaven. [§196-199. 

a. r>. 62.] Phil. 2. 9. Wherefore God also hath highly ex- 
alted him, and given him a name which is above everj name: 

10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things 
in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth ; 

11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is 
Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 2. 10. And ye are complete in him, which is 
the head of all principality and power. 

§ 196. The Father is Greater than Christ. 

a. d. %9.] John 14. 28. Ye have heard how I said unto you, 
I go away, and come again uuto you. If ye loved me, ye would ' 
rejoice, because I said, I go unto" the Father: for my Father is 
greater than I. 

§ 197. God is the Head of Christ. 

a. d. 56'.] 1 Cor. 3. 23. And ye are Christ's: and Christ is 
God's. 

1 Cor. 11. 3. But I would have you know, that the head 
of every man is Christ ; and the head of the woman is the 
man; and the head of Christ is God. 

§ 198. lie proceeded from the Father and returned to 

him. 

a. d. 29. J John 8. 42. Jesus said unto them, If God were your 
Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came 
from God ; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. 

John 16. 5. But now I go my way to him that sent me ; 
and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? 1G A little 
Avhile, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and 
ye shall see me, because I go to the Father, 27 For the Father 
himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have be- 
lieved that I came out from God. 2S I came forth from the 
Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the 
world, and go to the Father. 

» 
§ 199. He came fr 07n Heaven. 

A. d. 27.] John 3. 13. And no man hath ascended up to 
heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of 
man which is in heaven. 31 He that cometh from above is 
above all : he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of 
the earth : he that cometh from heaven is above all. 

John 6. 38. For I came down from heaven, not to do mine 
own will, but the will of him that sent me. 51 1 am the living- 
bread which came down from heaven: 62 What and if ye shall 
see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? 



§ 200-204.] Jesus Christ Author of Salvation. 95 

A. D. 27.1 John 8. 23. And he said unto them, Ye are from 
beneath : I am from above : ye are of this world ; I am not of 
this world. 

a. d. 56.1 1 Cor. 15. 47. The first man is of the earth, 
earthy : the second man is the Lord from heaven. 

§ 200. He came in the Father's name. 

A. D. 29.1 John 5. 43. I am come in my Fathers name, and 
ye receive me not : if another shall come in his own name, 
him ye will receive. 

§ 201. lie should be honoured even as the Father. 

a. d. 29.1 John 5. 22. For the Father judgeth no man, but 
hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men 
should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He 
that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which 
hath sent him. 

§ 202. He is honoured by the Father. 

A. d. 29.1 John 8. 54. Jesus answered, If I honour myself, 
my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of 
whom ye say that he is your God. 

John 17. 1. These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes 
to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy 
Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee. 

Acts 3. 13. The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of 
Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus, 
whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of 
Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. 

§ 203. He is the Author of eternal Salvation and Faith. 

A. d. 30.1 Acts 5. 31. Him hath God exalted with his right 
hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to 
Israel, and forgiveness of sins. 

a. d. 63.1 Heb. 2. 10. For it became him, for whom are all 
things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons 
unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect 
through sufferings. 

Heb. 5. 9. And being made perfect, he became the author 
of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him. 

Heb. 12. 2. Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. 

§ 204. He has Life in himself — given by the Father. 

a. p. 21.1 J° nn 1- 4. In him was life; and the life wag the 
light of men. 



96 Jesus Christ the Fulness of God. [§ 205-209. 

A. d. 21.] John 5. 26. For as the Father hath life in himself; 
so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself. 

1 John 5. 11. And this is the record, that God hath given to 
us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the 
Son hath life ; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not 
life. 

§ 205. He is Life. . 

A. D. 29.] John 11. 25. Jesus said unto her, I am the resur- 
rection and the life : he that believeth in me, though he were 
dead, yet shall he live. 

John 14. 6. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, 
and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 3. 4. When Christ, who is our life, shall ap- 
pear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. 

§ 206. He has the words of eternal life. 

A. D. 29.] John 6. 68. Then Simon Peter answered him, 
Lord, to whom shall we go ? thou hast the words of eternal 
life. 

§ 207. He gives eternal life. 

a. d. 29.] John 10. 27. My sheep hear my voice, and I know 
them, and they follow me : 28 And I give unto them eternal 
life ; and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them 
out of my hand. 

John 17. 2. As thou hast given him power over all flesh, 
that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given 
him. 

§ 208. He quickeneth whom He will. 

A. d. 29.] John 5. 21. For as the Father raiseth up the 
dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth 
whom he will. 



§ 209. In Him is the fulness of God. 

B. c. ^.] John 1. 14. And the Word was made flesh, and 
dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the 
only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 1. 19. For it pleased the Father, that in him 
should all fulness dwell. 

Col. 2. 3. In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and 
knowledge. 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the 
Godhead bodily. 



§ 210-213.] Jesus Christ the Image of God. 97 

§ 210. He is the Image of God. 

A. D. 57.] 2 Cor. 4. 3. But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to 
them that are lost : 4 In whom the god of this world hath 
blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light 
of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, 
should shine unto them. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 1. 15. "Who is the image of the invisible 
God, the firstborn of every creature. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 1. 3. Who being the brightness of Ms glory, 
and the express image of his person. 

§ 211. He is called Elohim* [God.] 

b. c. 10U-] Psa. 45. 6. Thy throne, O God, [Elohim,] is 
for ever and ever: the .sceptre of thy kingdom is a right 
sceptre. 

A. d. 63.] Heb. 1. 8. Unto the Son Tie saitn, Thy throne, O 
God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the 
sceptre of thy kingdom. 9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and 
hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed 
thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 

§ 212. He is called Adonai* [Lord.] 

b. c. 1044-] Psa. 110. 1. The Lord [Jehovah] said unto 
my Lord, [Adonai,] Sit thou at my right hand, until I make 
thine enemies thy footstool. 

A. d. 29.] Matt. 22. 41. Jesus asked them, 42 Saying, What 
think ye of Christ ? whose son is he ? They say unto him, 
The son of David. 43 He saith unto them, How then doth 
David in Spirit call him Lord, saying, 44 The Lord said unto 
my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine ene- 
mies thy footstool ? 45 If David then call him Lord, how is he 
his son ? 

§ 213. He is called Jehovah* [Lord.] 

b. c. 759.] Isa. 6. 1. In the year that king Uzznah died, I 
saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, 
and his train filled the temple. 2 Above it stood the sera- 

*The words Elohim, Adonai, and Jehovah have each a meaning, 
and are descriptive of the beings to whom they are applied. Elo- . 
him and Adonai are applied to men and angels, though generally be- 
longing to the Deity. Jehovah is descriptive only of Deity, and is 
therefore the incommunicable name. Inasmuch as the fulness of the 
Godhead dwells in Jesus Christ the Son, and he is the expkess image 
of the Father, any word descriptive of the Father (excepting only the 
appellation Father) is necessarily descriptive of the Son, and so belongs 
to him. 



98 Jesus Christ the Image of God. [§214, 215. 

phim : each one had six wings; with twain he covered his 
face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he 
did fly. 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holv, 
holy, is the Lord [Jehovah] of- hosts: the whole earth is 
full of his glory. 5 Then said I, "Wo is me ! for I am undone ; 
because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst 
of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the king, 
the Lord [Jehovah] of hosts. 8 Also I heard the voice of the 
Lord [Jehovah] saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go 
for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. 9 And he said, 
Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not ; 
and see ye indeed, but perceive not. ]0 Make the heart of 
this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their 
eyes ; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, 
and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. 

a. d. 29.] John 12. 37. But though he had done so many 
miracles before them, yet they believed not on him : S8 That 
the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he 
spake, Lord, who hath believed our report ? and to whom 
hath the arm of the Lord been revealed ? 39 Therefore they 
could not believe, because that Esaias said again, 40 He hath 
blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should 
not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and 
be converted, and I should heal them. 41 These things said 
Esaias when he saw his glory, and spake of him. 

§ 214. Whoever sees Christ sees the Father. 

A. d. 29.] John 12. 45. And he that seeth me seeth him that 
sent me. ♦ 

John 14. 8. Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the 
Father, and it sufficeth us. 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I 
been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, 
Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how 
say est thou then, Show us the Father? 

§ 215. In Sim God is with us Manifested in the Flesh. 

b. c. 742.] Isa. 7. 14. Therefore the Lord himself shall give 
you a sign ; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, 
and shall call his name Iuimanuel. 

b. c. Jf,.] Matt. 1. 22. Now all this was done, that it might 
be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, 
saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring 
forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which 
being interpreted is, God with us. 

a. d. 65.'] 1 Tim, 3. 16. And, without controversy, great is 
the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, jus- 



§ 216-219.] Jesus Cheist Ceeated all Things. 99 

tified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, 
believed on in the world, received up into glory. 

§ 216. He is in the Father and abides in Sis Love. 

a. d. 29.] John 10. 38. The Father is in me, and I in him. 

John 14. 11. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the 
Father in me. 

John 15. 10. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide 
in my love ; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, 
and abide in his love. 

John 17. 21. That they all maybe one; as thou, Father, 
art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that 
^he world may believe that thou hast sent me. 

§217. God is in Christ doing the Works and Recon- 
ciling the World to Himself. 

A. D. 29.] John 10. 37. If I do not the works of my Father, 
believe me not. S8 But if I do, though ye believe not me, be- 
lieve the works ; that ye may know, and believe, that the 
Father is in me, and I in him. 

John 14. 10. Believest thou not that I am in the Father, 
and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I 
speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he 
doeth the works. " Believe me that I am in the Father, and 
the Father in me : or else believe me for the very works' sake. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 5. 19. God was in Christ, reconciling the 
world unto himself., 

§ 218.. He and the Father are One, as his Disciples who 

abide in Him are One. ' 

A. d. 29.] John 10. '30. I and my Father are one. 

John 1?. 11. Holy Father, keep through thine own name 
those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are: 
20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall 
believe on me through their word ; 21 That they all may be 
one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also 
may be one in us: that the world may believe thou hast sent 
me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given 
them ; that they may be one, even as we are one. 

§ 219. By Him God Created all Things. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 33. 6. By the word of the Lord were the 
heavens made ; and all the host of them by the breath of his 
mouth. 



100 Jesus Christ on the Throne. [§ 220, 221. 

B. c. 4-1 John 1. 1. In the beginning was the Word, and 
the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 8 All 
things were made by him ; and without him was not any thing 
made that was made. 10 He was in the world, and the world 
was made by him, and the world knew him not. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 3. 9. God, who created all things by Jesus 
Christ. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 1. 16. For by him were all things created, 
that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisi- 
ble, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, 
or powers: all things were created by him, and for him. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 1. 1. God, who at sundry times and in 
divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the 
prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his 
Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom 
also he made the worlds. 8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy 
throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness 
is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 9 Thou hast loved righteous- 
ness, and hated iniquity ; therefore God, even thy God, hath 
anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 
10 And, thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the founda- 
tion of the earth : and the heavens are the works of thine 
hands. 

§ 220. By Him all things Consist and are Upheld. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 1. 17. And he is before all things, and by 
him all things consist. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 1. 3. Upholding all things by the word of 
his power. 

§ 221. He is exalted to the right hand of the Throne 

of God. 

b. c. 1044-] P sa - HO. 1. The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit 
thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy foot- 
stool. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 52. 13. Behold, my servant shall deal pru- 
dently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. 

a. d. 29.] Mark 16. 19. So then, after the Lord had spoken 
unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the 
right hand of God. 

a. d. 31.] Acts 7. 55. But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, 
looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, 
and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. 06 And said, 
Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man stand- 
ing on the right hand of God. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Pet. 3. 22. Who is gone into heaven, and is on 



§ 222,223.] Jesus Christ is King. 101 

the right hand of God : angels and authorities and powers 
being made subject unto him. 

A. d. 61.] Eph. 1. 20. Which he wrought in Christ, when 
he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right 
hand in the heavenly places. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 3. 1. If ye then be risen with Christ, seek 
those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right 
hand of God. 

A. d. 63.] Heb. 1. 3. "Who being the brightness of his glory, 
and the express image of his person, and upholding all things 
by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged 
our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. 

Heb. 8. 1. Now of the things which we have spoken this is 
the sum: We have such a high priest, who is set on the right 
hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens. 

Heb. 10. 12. But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice 
for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God. 

Heb. 12. 2. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of 
our faith ; who, for the joy that was set before him, endured 
the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right 
hand of the throne of God. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 3. 21. To him that overcometh will I grant 
to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am 
set down with my Father in his throne. 

§ 222. He is Lord and Master. 

b. c. Jf..] Luke 2. 11. For unto you is born this day in the 
city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 

a.d. 29.] Matt. 23. 10. Neither be ye called masters: for 
one is your Master, even Christ. 

John 13. 13. Ye call me Master and Lordr and ye say well; 
for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed 
your feet ; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 

a. d. SI.] Acts 10. 36. The w r ord which God sent unto the 
children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord 
of all.) 

a. d. 62.] Phil. 2. 11. And that every tongue should confess 
that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 

§ 223. He is King. 

b. c. 587.] Zech. 9. 9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; 
shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King cometh 
unto thee; he is just, and having salvation ; lowly, and riding 
upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. 

a. d. 29.] John 12. 12. On the next day much people that 
were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was com- 



102 Jesus Christ — His Kingdom. [§ 224, 225. 

ing to Jerusalem, "Took branches of palm trees, and went 
forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna! Blessed is the King 
of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. 14 And Jesus, 
when he had found a young ass, sat thereon ; as it is written, 
16 Fear not, daughter of Zion : behold, thy King cometh, sitting 
on an ass's colt. 16 These things understood not his disciples 
at the first : but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered 
they that these things were written of him, and that they had 
done these things unto him. 

a. t>.29.~\ Matt. 25. 31. "When the Son of man shall come in his 
glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon 
the throne of his glory. 34 Then shall the King say unto them 
on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the 
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 

John 18. 37. Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a 
king then ? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. 
To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the 
world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one 
that is of the truth heareth my voice. 

a. d. 96.'] Rev. 17. 14. These shall make war with the Lamb, 
and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, 
and King of kings : and they that are with him are called, 
and chosen, and faithful. 

§ 224. His Kingdom is not of [from] this World. 

A. D. 21.] John 18. 33. Then Pilate entered into the judg- 
ment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art 
thou the King of the Jews ? 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom 
is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then 
would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the 
Jews : but now is my kingdom not from hence. 

§ 225. Sis Kingdom shall have no End. 

b. c. 74-0.] Isa. 9. 7. Of the increase of liis government and 
peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and 
upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with -judg- 
ment and with justice, from henceforth even for ever. The 
zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. 

b. 0. 755.] Dan. 7. 13. I saw in the night visions, and, be- 
hold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, 
and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near 
before him. 14 And there was given him dominion, and 
glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, 
should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, 
which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall 
not be destroyed. 



§£26, 227.] Jesus Christ — His Kingdom. 103 

a. d. 4-1 Luke 1. 33. And he shall reign over the house of 
Jacob for ever : and of his kingdom there shall be no end. 

§ 226. In the end he shall deliver up the kingdom to 
God the Father, and be himself subject, that God 
may be all in all. 

A. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 15. 22. For as in Adam all die, even so in 
Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own 
order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's 
at his coming. 24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have 
delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father ; when he 
shall have put down all rule, and all authority and power. 

26 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his 
feet. 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 

27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he 
saith, All things are put under Mm, it is manifest that he is 
excepted, which did put all things under him. 28 And when 
all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also 
himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, 
that God may be all in all. 

§ 227. Jesus Christ, " the Son" is fully known and 
comprehended only by the Father. 

A. d. #7.] Matt. 11. 27. No man knoweth the Son, but the 
Father. 



104 Holy Spirit given by the Father. [§ 228,229. 



CHAPTER ni. 

THE HOLT GHOST. 

§ 228. The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father. 

a. d. 29.] John 15. 26. But when the Comforter is come, 
whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit 
of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify 
of me. 

§ 229. The Holy Spirit is given by the Father. 

B. c. 712."] Isa. 44. 3. For I will pour water upon him that 
is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my 
Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring. 

Isa. 59. 20. And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and 
unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the 
Lord. 21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the 
Lord; My Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I 
have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor 
out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy 
seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever. 

b. o. 4¥>-] Neh. 9. 20. Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to 
instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their 
mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. 

a. d. 29.] Luke 11. 13. If ye then, being evil, know bow to 
give good gifts unto your children ; how much more shall your 
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him ? 

John 14. 16. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give 
you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 
17 Even the Spirit of truth. 

a. d. 30.] Acts 5. 32. The Holy Ghost, whom God hath 
given to them that obey him. 

a. d. 52.] Gal. 4. 6. And because ye are sons, God hath 
sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, 
Abba, Father. 

1 Thess. 4. 8. He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, 
but God, who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 5. 5. J^ow he that hath wrought us for the 
selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest 
of the Spirit. 

a. d. 61.] Ephes. 1. 17. That the God of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of 
wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him. 



§230-232.] Holy Spirit the Inspires. 105 

§ 230. The Holy Spirit is given by the Father in answer 
to the prayer of Jesus Christ. 

A. d. 29, ,] John 14. 15. If ye love me, keep my command- 
ments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you 
another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. 26 But 
the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will 
send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all 
things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 

§ 231. The Holy Spirit is sent by Jesus Christ. 

a. d. 27.] John 1. 33. He which baptizeth with the Holy 
Ghost. 

a. d. 21.] John 15. 26. But when the Comforter is come, 
whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit 
of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify 
of me. 

John 16. 7. I will send him unto you. 

a. d. 29.] Luke '24. 49. And, behold, I send the promise of 
my Father upon you : but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, 
until ye be endued with power from on high. 

§ 232. The Holy Spirit inspired the Prophets and 

Apostles. 

B. c. 1490.] Num. 11. 25. And the Lord came down in a 
cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was 
upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders : and it came 
to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophe- 
sied, and did not cease. 

b. c. 1451.] Num. 24. 2. And Balaam lifted up his eyes, 
and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes ; 
and the Spirit of God came upon him. 3 And he took up his 
parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the 
man whose eyes are open hath said: 4 He hath said, which 
heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, 
falling into a trance, but having his eyes open. 

B. c. 1018.] 2 Sam. 23. 1. Now these oe the last words of 
David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was 
raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the 
sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2 The Spirit of the Lord spake 
by me, and his word was in my tongue. 

b. c. 896.] 2 Chron. 20. 14. Then upon Jahaziel. . .came the 
Spirit of the Lord in the midst of the congregation;. 15 And 
he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusa- 
lem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, 



106 Holy Spirit the Inspires. [§232. 

Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude ; 
for the battle is not yours, but God's. 

b. c. 710.} Micah 3. 8. But truly I am full of power by the 
Spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare 
unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. 

b. c. 595.] Ezek. 2. 2. And the spirit entered into me -when 
he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him 
that spake unto me. 

Ezek. 3. .14. So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, 
and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the 
hand of the Lord was strong upon me. 

b. c. 594.] Ezek. 11. 5. And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon 
me, and said unto me, Speak ; Thus saith the Lord ; Thus 
have ye said, O house of Israel : for I know the things that 
come into your mind every one of them. 

b. c. 518. ~\ Zech. 7. 12. Yea, they made their hearts as an 
adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words 
which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former 
prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of 
hosts. 

b. c. 4-] Luke 1. 13. But the augel said unto him, Fear not, 
Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth 
shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. 15 For 
he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither 
wine nor strong drink ; and he shall be filled with the Holy 
Ghost, even from his mother's womb. 41 And Elisabeth was 
filled with the Holy Ghost : 42 And she spake out with a 
loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and 
blessed is the fruit of thy womb. 67 And his father Zacha- 
rias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, 
76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: 
for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his 
ways. 

Luke 2. 25. And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, 
whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and de- 
vout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy 
Ghost was upon him. 26 And it was revealed unto him by 
the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death before he had 
seen the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came by the Spirit into the 
temple : and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to 
do for him after the custom of the law, 28 Then took he him 
up in his arms, and blessed God. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 22. 43. He saith unto them, How then doth 
David in spirit call him Lord ? 

Acts 1. 16. Men and brethren, this scripture must needs 
have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of 
David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to 
them that took Jesus. 



232.] 



Holy Spirit the Lstspirer. 107 



a. d. lyS."] Acts 11. 27. And in these days came prophets 
from Jerusalem unto Antioch. 28 And there stood up one of 
them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there 
should be great dearth throughout all the world : which came 
to pass in the days of Claudius Cesar. 

A. d. 60.] Acts 21. 11. And when he was come unto us, he 
took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and 
said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusa- 
lem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver 
him into the hands of the Gentiles. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 12. 8. For to one is given by the Spirit 
the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by 
the same Spirit. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Pet. 1. 10. Of which salvation the prophets 
have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the 
grace that should come unto you : " Searching what, or what 
manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did 
signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, 
and the glory that should follow. 12 Unto whom it was re- 
vealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minis- 
ter the things, which are now reported unto you by them that 
have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent 
clown from heaven; which things the angels desire to look 
into. 

2 Pet. 1. 21. For the prophecy came not in old time by the 
will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved 
by the Holy Ghost. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 3. 2. If ye have heard of the dispensation 
of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: 3 How 
that by revelation he made known unto me the rnystery ; as I 
wrote afore in few words ; 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may 
understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ; 5 Which 
in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it 
is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the 
Spirit ; 7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the 
gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual work- 
ing of his power. 

a. d. 63.] Acts 28. 25. And when they agreed not among 
themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one 
word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto 
our fathers. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 4. 1. Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, 
that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giv- 
ing heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 1. 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's 
day. 



108 Holy Spirit in relation to Christ. [§ 233-235. 

§ 233. The Holy Spirit begat Jesus Christ. 

b. c. 4-] Luke 1. 30. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, 
Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. 31 And, behold, 
thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and 
shalt call his name Jesus. 32 He shall be great, and shall be 
called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give 
unto him the throne of his father David. 34 Then said Mary 
unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man ? 
35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost 
shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall 
overshadow thee : therefore also that holy thing which shall 
be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. 

Matt. 1. 18. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: 
When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they 
came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. 
19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing 
to make her a public example, was minded to put her away 
privily. 2U But while he thought on these things, behold, the 
angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, 
Joseph, thou son of David', fear not to take unto thee Mary 
thy wife : for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy 
Ghost. 

§ 234. The Holy Spirit given to Jesus Christ. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 3. 16. And Jesus, when he was baptized, 
went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens 
were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descend- 
ing like a dove, and lighting upon him. 

John 1. 32. And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit 
descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode' upon him. 
33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with 
water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the 
Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he 
which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. 

John 3. 34. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the 
words of God : for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto 
him. 

a. d. 31.] Acts x. 38. How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth 
with the Holy Ghost and with power. 

§ 235. By the Holy Spirit Jesus Christ had Wisdom, 
Understanding, and JCnowledge. 

b. c. 718.] Isa. 11. 2. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest 
upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit 
of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear 



§ 236-238.] Holy Spirit in relation to Christ. 109 

of the Lord ; 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in 
the fear of the Lord : and lie shall not judge after the sight 
of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: 
4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove 
with equity for the meek of the earth. 

b. c. 712.'] Isa. 42. 1. Behold my servant, whom I uphold; 
mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth ; I have put my Spirit 
upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. 

§ 236. By the Holy Spirit Jesus Christ was led through 

temptation. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 4. 1. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit 
into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. ' And when 
he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward 
ahungered. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If 
thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made 
bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall 
not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth 
out of the mouth of God. 6 Then the devil taketh him up 
into the holy city, and settetli him on a pinnacle of the tem- 
ple, 6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast 
thyself down : for it is written, He shall give his angels charge 
concerning thee : and in their hands they shall bear thee up, 
lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 7 Jesus 
said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the 
Lord thy God. 8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an ex- 
ceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms 
of the world, and the glory of them ; 9 And saith unto him, 
All these things wall I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and 
worship'me. 10 Then said Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, 
Satan : for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, 
and him only shalt thou serve. " Then the devil leaveth him, 
and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. 

§ 237. By the Holy Spirit Jesus Christ cast out Devils. 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 12. 28. But if I cast out devils by the Spirit 
of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. 

§ 238. The Holy Spirit led Jesus Christ in his Ministry. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 61. 1. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon 
me ; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tid- 
ings unto the meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the broken- 
hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening 
of the prison to them that are bound ; 2 To proclaim the ac- 
ceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our 



110 Holy Spirit in relation to Christ. [§ 239-241. 

God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 To appoint unto them 
that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the 
oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of 
heaviness ; that they might be called Trees of righteousness, 
The planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified. 

a. d. 27. ~\ Luke 4. 16. And he came to Nazareth, where lie 
had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into 
the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up for to read. 
17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet 
Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the 
place where it was written, 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon 
me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the 
poor ; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach de- 
liverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, 
to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach the ac- 
ceptable year of the Lord. 20 And he closed the book, and he 
gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of 
all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. 
21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture 
fulfilled in your ears. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Pet. 3. 18. Quickened by the Spirit: 19 By 
which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison. 

§ 239. Through the Holy Spirit Jesus Christ offered 

Himself to God. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 9. 14. How much more shall the blood of 
Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without 
spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve 
the living God ? 

§ 240. Through the Holy Spirit Jesus Christ gave com- 
mandments unto the Apostles. 

a. d. 29.] Acts 1. 2. Until the day in which he was taken 
up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given command- 
ments unto the apostles whom he had-chosen. 

§ 241. The Holy Spirit loitnesses for Jesus Christ. 

A. d. 29.] John 15. 26. But when the Comforter is come, 
whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit 
of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify 
of me. 

a. d. 30.] Acts 5. 32. And we are his witnesses of these 
things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given 
to them that obey him. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 1. 4. And declared to oe the Son of God 



§ 242.] Holy Spirit in relation to Man. Ill 

with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resur- 
rection from the dead. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 10. 15. Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a 
witness to us. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 5. 6. And it is the Spirit that beareth wit- 
ness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that 
bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy 
Ghost : and these three are one. 9 If we receive the witness of 
men, the witness of God is greater : for this is the witness of 
God which he hath testified of his Son. 

§ 242. The Holy Spirit taught the Apostles. 

a. d. 52.] Acts 15. 28. For it seemed good to the Holy 
Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than 
these necessary things. 

Gal. 1. 11. But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel 
which was preached of me is not after man. 12 For I neither 
received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revela- 
tion of Jesus Christ. 15 But when it pleased God, who sepa- 
rated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, 
16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among 
the heathen ; immediately I conferred not with flesh and 
blood : IT Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were 
apostles before me ; but I went unto Arabia, and returned 
again unto Damascus. 18 Then after three years I went up to 
Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. 
19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's 
brother. 

Gal. 2. 1. Then fourteen years after, I went up again to 
Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. 2 And 
I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that 
gospel which I preach among the Gentiles. 6 For they who 
seemed to oe somewhat in conference added nothing to me: 
T But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the un- 
circumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the cir- 
cumcision was unto Peter. 8 (For he that wrought effectually 
in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was 
mighty in me toward the Gentiles.) 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 2. 9. But as it is written, Eye hath not 
seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of 
man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love 
him. 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit. 
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's 
wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth ; com- 
paring spiritual things witli spiritual. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Peter 1. 12. Unto whom it was revealed, that not 
unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, 



112 Holy Spirit in relation to Man. [§ 243. 

which are now reported unto you by them that have preached 
the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from 
heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. 

A. D. 61.] Eph. 2. 19. Now therefore ye are no more stran- 
gers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of 
the household of God. 20 And are built upon the foundation 
of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the 
chief corner stone. 22 In whom ye also are builded together 
for a habitation of God through the Spirit. 

Eph. 3. 2. If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace 
of God which is given me to you-ward : 3 How that by rev- 
elation he made known unto me the mystery; as I wrote 
afore in few words ; 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may under- 
stand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ, B Which in 
other ages w 7 as not made known unto the sons of men, as 
it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the 
Spirit. 

§ 243. The Holy Spirit Guides Ministers in determin- 
ing ichere to Preach the Gospel. 

A. d. 3Jf.~\ Acts 8. 26. And the angel of the Lord spake 
unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south, unto the 
way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is 
desert. 29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and 
join thyself to this chariot. 

a. d. Jfi.] Acts 13. 2. As they ministered to the Lord, and 
fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul 
for the work whereunto I have called them. 4 So they, being 
sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and 
from thence they sailed to Cyprus. 

a. d. 53.] Acts 16. 6. Now when they had gone throughout 
Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the 
Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, 7 After they were 
come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the 
Spirit suffered them not. 8 And they passing by Mysia came 
down to Troas. 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night ; 
There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, 
Come over into Macedonia, and help us. 10 And after he had 
seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Mace- 
donia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for 
to preach the gospel unto them. 

a. d. 59.] Acts 19. 21. After these things were ended, Paul 
purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedo- 
nia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been 
there, I must also see Rome. 

a. d. 60.] Acts 20. 22. And now, behold, I go bound in the 
spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall be- 



§ 244.] Holy Spirit in relation to Man. 113 

fall me there: 23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in 
every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. 

§ 244. The Holy Spirit is Given to all Disciples. 

a. D. 29.] Acts 2. 4. And they were all filled with the Holy 
Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit 
gave them utterance. 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, 
and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ 
for the remission of sins, and*ye shall receive the gift of the 
Holy Ghost. 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your 
children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord 
our God shall call. 

Acts 4. 31. And when they had prayed, the place was 
shaken where they were assembled together; and they were 
all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of 
God with boldness. 

a. d. 32.] Acts 8. 14. Now when the apostles which were 
at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word oi 
God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 15 Who, when 
they were come down, prayed for them, that they might re- 
ceive the Holy Ghost : 16 For as yet he was fallen upon none 
of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord 
Jesus. " Then laid they their hands on them, and they re- 
ceived the Holy Ghost. 

Acts 10. 44. While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy 
Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. 45 And they 
of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many 
as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was 
poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. 4G For they heard 
them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then an- 
swered Peter, 47 Can any man forbid water, that these should 
not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well 
as we ? 

a. d. Jf2.] Acts 11. 15. And as I began to speak, the Holy 
Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning. 16 Then re- 
membered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John in- 
deed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the 
Holy Ghost, 

a. d. Jf3.] Acts 11. 22. And they sent forth Barnabas, that 
he should go as far as Antioch. 24 For he was a good man, 
and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith : and much people was 
added unto the Lord. 

a. d. 52.] Gal. 4. 6. And because ye are sons, God hath 
sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, 
Father. 

1 Thess. 4. 8. He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not 
man, but God, who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit. 



114 Holt Spirit in relation to Man. [§245. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 3. 16. Know ye not that ye are the temple 
of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 

1 Cor. 6. 19. What! know ye not that your body is the tem- 
ple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, 
and ye are not your own ? 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 3. 24. And hereby we know that he abid- 
eth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. 

1 John 4. 13. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and 
he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. 

§ 245. The Holy Spirit brings to remembrance the 
icord of God, assists to understand it, and guides in 
speaking it. 

B.C. 1000.] Prov. 1. 23. Turn you at my reproof: behold, 
I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my 
words unto you. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 59. 21. As for me, this is my covenant with 
them, saith the Lord ; My Spirit that is upon thee, and my 
words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of 
thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the 
mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and 
for ever. 

a. D. 29.] Luke 12. 11. And when they bring you unto the 
synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no 
thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall 
say, I2 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour 
what ye ought to say. 

Luke 21. 14. Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to medi- 
tate before what ye shall answer: 15 For I will give you a 
mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be 
able to gainsay nor resist. 

John 7. 38. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath 
said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 But 
this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him 
should receive : for the Holy Ghost was not yet given ; be- 
cause that Jesus was not yet glorified. 

John 14. 26. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, 
whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all 
things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever 
I have said unto you. 

Luke 16. 13. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is 
come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak 
of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: 
and he will show you things to come. 

Acts 4. 1. And as they spake unto the people, the priests, 
and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon 
them. ~ Being grieved that they taught the people, and 



§ 246, 24V.] Holt Spieit in relation to Man. 115 

preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 
3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the 
next day: for it was now eventide. 7 And when they had set 
them in the midst, they asked. By what power, or by what 
name, have ye done this? 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy 
Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of 
Israel. 31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken 
where they were assembled together, and they were all filled 
with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with 
boldness. 33 And with great power gave the apostles witness 
of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was 
upon them all. 

A. d. 31.] Acts 6. 8. And Stephen, full of faith and power, 
did great wonders and miracles among the people. 10 And 
they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by 
which he spake. 

Acts 7. 55. But he, being full cf the Holy Ghost, looked 
up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and 
Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 56 And said, Be- 
hold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing 
on the right hand of God. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 2, 12. Now we have received, not the spirit 
of the world, but the spirit which is of God ; that we might 
know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which 
things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom 
teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing 
spiritual things with spiritual. 

§246. The Holy Spirit convinces of Sin, Righteousness, 

and Judgment. 

a. d. 29.] John 16. 8. And when he is come, he will re- 
prove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 
a Of sin, because they believe not on me; 10 Of righteousness, 
because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more ; " Of 
judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. 

§ 247. The Holy Spirit quickens, regenerates, and frees 
from the law of sin and death. 

a. d. 27.] John 3. 5. Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say 
unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, 
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is 
born of the flesh is flesh ;«and that which is born of the Spirit 
is spirit. 8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou near- 
est the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, 
and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the 
Spirit. 

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116 Holy Spirit rsr relation to Max. [§ 248, 249. 

A. D. 27. [ John 6. 63. It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the 
flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, 
they are spirit, and they are life. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 3. 6. The spirit giveth life. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 8. 2. For the law of the Spirit of life in 
Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and 
death. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Peter 4. 6. For, for this cause was the gospel 
preached also to them that are dead, that they might be 
judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to 
God in the spirit. 

a. d. 65.] Titus 3. 5. Not by works of righteousness which 
we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the 
washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. 

§ 248. The Holy Spirit, dwelling in the Heart, gives as- 
surance to Believers that they are Children and Heirs 
of God. 

A. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 1. 21. Now he which establisheth us with 
you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God ; 22 Who hath 
sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 

2 Cor. 5. 5. Now he that hath wrought us for the self- 
same thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of 
the Spirit. 6 Therefore we are always confident. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 8. 9. Ye are not in the flesh, but in the 
Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. 14 For as 
many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of 
God. ]5 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again 
to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, where- 
by we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth wit- 
ness with our spirit, that we are the children of God : 17 And 
if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with 
Christ. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 1. 13. In whom also, after that ye believed, 
ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise. 14 Which 
is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of the 
purchased possession. 

§ 249. The Holy Spirit Sanctifies. 

A. d. 52.] 2 Thess. 2. 13. God hath from the beginning 
chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit, 
and belief of the truth. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 15. 16. That the offering up of the Gen- 
tiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy 
Ghost. 



§ 250, 251.] Holy Spirit in relation to Man. 117 

A. d. 60.] 1 Peter 1. 2. Elect according to the foreknowl- 
edge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, 
unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: 
Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. 

§ 250. The Holy Spirit strengthens and builds up the 

Believer. 

A. d. 52.] Gal. 5. 22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, 
peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meek- 
ness, temperance: against such there is no law. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 3. 18. But we all, with open face behold- 
ing as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the 
same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the 
Lord. 

2 Cor. 4. 13. We having the same spirit of faith, according 
as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we 
also believe, and therefore speak. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 14. 17. For the kingdom of God is not 
meat and drink ; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the 
Holy Ghost. 

Rom. 15. 13. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and 
peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope through the 
pow T er of the Holy Ghost. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 2. 18. For through him we both have access 
by one Spirit unto the Father. 20 And are built upon the 
foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself 
being the chief comer stone. 22 In whom ye also are builcled 
together for a habitation of God through the Spirit. 

Eph. 3. 16. That he would grant you, according to the riches 
of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in 
the inner man; "That Christ may dwell in your hearts by 
faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be 
able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth, and 
length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of 
Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with 
all the fulness of God. 20 Now unto him that is able to do 
exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, accord- 
ing to the power that worketh in us, 21 Unto him be glory in 
the church by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without 
end. Amen. 

§251. The Holy Spirit prompts and helps the Believer 

in Prayer. 

b. c. 587.] Zech. 12. 10. And I will pour upon the house' of 
David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of 
grace and of supplications. 



118 Holy Spirit in relation to Man. [§ 252, 253. 

A. d. 58.] Bom. 8. 26. Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our 
infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we 
ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with 
groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 And he that searcheth 
the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, becnuse 
he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of 
God. 

Eph. 6. 18. Praying always with all prayer and supplication 
in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance 
and supplication for all saints. 

§ 252. The Holy Spirit teaches and leads the Believer. 

a. d. 29.] John 14. 26. But the Comforter, which is the Holy 
Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach 
you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, 
whatsoever I have said unto you. 

John 16. 13. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, 
he will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of him- 
self; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and 
he will show you things to come. 

a. d. 52.] Gal. 5. 18. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are 
not under the law. 

Rom. 8. 14. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, 
they are the sons of God. 

§ 253. The Holy Spirit gives different talents to differ- 
ent men. 

a. d. 56,] 1 Cor. 12. 4. Now there are diversities of gifts, 
but the same Spirit. 5 And there are differences of adminis- 
trations, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of 
operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. 
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to 
profit withal. 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of 
wisdom ; to another the word of knowledge by the same 
Spirit; 9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the 
gifts of healing by the same Spirit ; 10 To another the working 
of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of 
spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the in- 
terpretation of tongues: n But all these worketh that one 
and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as 
he will. 12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, 
and all the members of that one body, being many, are one 
body : so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit are we all bap- 
tized into one body, whether we ~be Jews or Gentiles, whether 
we oe bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one 
Spirit. 14 For the body is not one member, but many. 15 If 



§ 254, 255.] Holt Spirit in relation to Man. 119 

the foot shall say. Because I am not the hand, I am not of the 
body; is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear shall 
say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it 
therefore not of the body ? 17 If the whole body were an eye, 
where were the hearing ? If the whole were hearing, where 
were the smelling ? 18 But now hath God set the members 
every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. 19 And 
if they were all one member, where were the body? 20 But 
now are they many members, yet but one body. 21 And the 
eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee : nor 
again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 22 Nay, 
much more those members of the body, which seem to be more 
feeble, are necessary. 23 And those members of the body, 
which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow 
more abundant honour ; and our uncomely parts have more 
abundant comeliness. 24 For our comely parts have no need, 
but God hath tempered the body together, having given more 
abundant honour to that part which lacked. 26 That there 
should be no schism in the body ; but that the members should 
have the same care one for another. 26 And whether one 
member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member 
be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. 27 Now ye are 
the body of Christ, and members in particular. 28 And God 
hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily proph- 
ets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of heal- 
ings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. 29 Are all 
apostles ? are all prophets ? are all teachers ? are all workers 
of miracles ? s0 Have all the gifts of healing ? do all speak 
with tongues ? do all interpret ? 31 But covet earnestly the 
best gifts. 

§ 254. The Holy Siririt is not known by the natural 

man. 

A. d. 29. ~\ John 14. 17. Even the Spirit of truth, whom the 
world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither know- 
eth him : but ye know him ; for he dwelleth with you, and 
shall be in you. 

1 Cor. 2, 14. But the natural man receiveth not the things 
of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him: nei- 
ther can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 

§255. Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost is not For- 
given. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 12. 31. Wherefore I say unto you, All man- 
ner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the 
blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto 



120 Holy Spirit in relation to Man. [§ 255. 

men. 82 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of 
man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh 
against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither 
in this world, neither in the world to come. 

a. d. 29.] Mark 3. 29. But he that shall blaspheme against 
the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of 
eternal damnation: 80 Because they said, He hath an unclean 
spirit. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 5. 16. If any man see his brother sin a 
sin ivhich is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give 
him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin 
unto death : I do not say that he shall pray for it. 



§256.] Angels in relation to God. 121 

CHAPTER IV. 

ANGELS, 

§ 256. They Worship God. 

b. c. 1034-] Psa. 103. 20. Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that 
excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto 
the voice of his word. 21 Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts ; ye 
ministers of his, that do his pleasure. 

b. c. 759:] Isa. 6. 1. In the year that king Uzziah died I 
saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, 
and his train filled the temple. 2 Above it stood the seraphim : 
each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and 
with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 
3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is 
the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. 

b. c. 555.] Dan. 7. 9. I beheld till the thrones were cast 
Sown, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was 
white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool : 
his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burn- 
ing fire. 10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before 
him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thou- 
sand times ten thousand stood before him : the judgment was 
set, and the books were opened. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 4. 8. And the four beasts had each of them 
six wings about him ; and they icere full of eyes within: and 
they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord 
Go'd Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 9 And 
when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him 
that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 10 The 
four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the 
throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and 
cast their crowns before the throne, saying, "Thou art wor- 
thy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power : for thou 
hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and 
were created. 

Rev. 7. 9. After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, 
which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and 
people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the 
Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palms in their hands; 
10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God 
which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. " And all 
the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders 
and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, 



122 Angels in relation to God and Man. [§257. 

and worshipped God, 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, 
and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and 
might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 19. 1. And after these things I heard a great 
voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, 
and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God. 
4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell 
down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, 
Amen ; Alleluia. 5 And a voice came out of the throne, say- 
ing, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, 
both small and great. - 

§ 257. Angels do the will of God, and are sent to en- 
courage and help the Righteous. 

b. c. 1897.] Gen. 19. 1. And there came two angels to Sodom 
at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing 
them, rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his 
face toward the ground ; 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, 
turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all 
night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go 
on your ways. And they said, Nay ; but we will abide in the 
street all night. 3 And he pressed upon them greatly ; and 
they turned in unto him, and entered into his house ; and he 
made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they 
did eat. 1B And when the morning arose, then the angels 
hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two 
daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the in- 
iquity of the city. I6 And while he lingered, the men laid 
hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and 
upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being mer- 
ciful unto him : and they brought him forth, and set him 
without the city. 17 And it came to pass, when they had 
brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; 
look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain ; es- 
cape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 

b. c. 1856.] Gen. 24. 7. The Lord God of heaven, which took 
me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, 
and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying. 
Unto thy seed will I give this land ; he shall send his angel 
before thee, and thou shaft take a wife unto my son from 
thence. 

b. c. 1751.] Gen. 32. 1. And Jacob went on his way, and 
the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them, he 
said, This is God's host : and he called the name of that place 
Mahanaim. 

b. c. 1491.] Exod. 14. 19. And the Angel of God, which went 
before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; 



§ 257.] Angels in relation to God and Man. 123 

and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and 
stood behind them. 

B.C. 1491.] Exod. 23. 20. Behold, I send an Angel before 
thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place 
which I have prepared. 23 For mine Angel shall go before 
thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, 
and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the 
Jebusites; and I will cut them off. 

b. c. 1452.] Num. 20. 16. And when we cried unto the Lord, 
he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us 
forth out of Egypt. 

b. c. 1060.] Psa. 34. 7. The angel of the Lord encampeth 
round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 91. 10. There shall no evil befall thee, 
neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. n For he 
shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy 
ways. 

Psa. 104. 4. Who maketh his angels spirits ; his ministers a 
flaming lire. 

b. c. 906.] 1 Kings 19. 1. And Ahab told Jezebel all that 
Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the proph- 
ets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto 
Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I 
make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow 
about this time. 3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went 
for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which oelongeth to Judab, 
and left his servant there. 4 But he himself went a day's 
journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a 
juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; 
and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for 
I am not better than my fathers. 5 And as he lay and slept 
under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and 
said unto him, Arise and eat. 6 And he looked, and, behold, 
there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at 
his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down 
again. 7 And the angel of the Lord came again the second 
time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the 
journey is too great for thee. 8 And he arose, and did eat and 
drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and 
forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. 

b. c. 537.] Dan. 6. 16. Then the king commanded, and they 
brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the 
king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou ser- 
vest continually, he will deliver thee. 19 Then the king arose 
very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of 
lions. 2U And when lie came to the den, he cried with a lam- 
entable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to 
Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom 



124 Angels in relation to God and Man. [§ 257. 

thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions ? 
21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. 22 My 
God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, 
thnt they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him inno- 
cency was found in me ; and also before thee, O king, have I 
done no hurt. 

b. c. 4-] Matt. 2. 13. And when they were departed, be- 
liold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, 
saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and 
flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word : 
for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. 19 But 
when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appear- 
eth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 Saying, Arise, and 
take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of 
Israel : for they are dead which sought the young child's life. 

A. d. 30.] Acts 5. 18. And laid their hands on the apostles, 
and put them in the common prison. 19 But the angel of the 
Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them 
forth, and said, 20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the 
people all the words of this life. 

a,, d. 31.] Acts 10. 1. There was a certain man in Cesarea, 
called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian 
band, 2 A devout 'man, and one that feared God with all his 
house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to 
God always. 3 He saw in a vision evidently, about the ninth 
hour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him, and say- 
ing unto him, Cornelius. 4 And when he looked on him, he 
was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord '? And he said unto 
him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial 
before God. 5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one 
Simon, whose surname is Peter: 6 He lodgeth with one Simon 
a tanner, whose house is by the sea side : he shall tell thee 
what thou oughtest to do. 7 And when the angel which spake 
unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household 
servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him 
continually; 8 And when he had declared all these things unto 
them, he sent them to Joppa. 25 And ;is Peter was coming in, 
Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped 
Mm. 26 But Peter took him up, saving, Stand up ; I myself 
also am a man. 30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was 
fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my 
house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, 
31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are 
had in remembrance in the sis;ht of God. 32 Send therefore 
to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he 
is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner, by the sea side : 
who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee. 33 Immediately 
therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art 



§ 257.] Angels in relation to God and Man. 125 

come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to 
hear all things that are commanded thee of God. 

A. D. 44"] Acts 12. 1. Now about that time Herod the king 
stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. 2 And 
he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3 And 
because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further 
to take Peter also. Then were the days of unleavened bread. 
4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, 
and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep 
him ; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. 
5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made 
without ceasing of the church unto God for him. 6 And when 
Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter 
was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains : 
and the keepers before the door kept the prison. 7 And, be- 
hold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined 
in the prison, and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him 
up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his 
hands. 8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind 
on thy sandals: and so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast 
thy garment about thee, and follow me. 9 And he went out, 
and followed him ; and wist not that it was true which was 
done by the angel ; but thought he saw a vision. 10 When they 
were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron 
gate that leadeth unto the city, which opened to them of his 
own accord: and they w T ent out, and passed on through one 
street: and forthwith the angel departed from him. ia And 
when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a 
surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered 
me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of 
the people of the Jews. 

a. d. 62.] Acts 27. 18. And we being exceedingly tossed 
with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship ; 19 And 
the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of 
the ship. 20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days ap- 
peared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should 
be saved was then taken away. 21 But after long abstinence, 
Paul stood forth in the midst of .them, and said, Sirs, ye should 
have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and 
to have gained this harm and loss. 22 And now I exhort you to 
be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any marts life 
among you, but of the ship. 23 For there stood by me this 
night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, 

24 Saying, Fear not, Paul ; thou must be brought before Cesar: 
and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. 

25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer; for I believe God, that it 
shall be even as it was told me. 26 Howbeit, we must be cast 
upon a certain island. 



126 Angels in relation to God and Man. [§258. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 1. 14. Are they not all ministering spirits, sent 
forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation. 

§258. Angels are employed to execute GocV s judgments 

on the Wicked. 

b. c. 4004"] Gen. 3. 24. So he drove out the man: and he 
placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubim, and a 
flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of 
the tree of life. 

b. c. 1897.] Gen. 19. 11. And they smote the men that were 
at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: 
so that they wearied themselves to find the door. 

b. c. 1060.] Psa. 35. 5. Let them be as chaff before the 
wind : and let the angel of the Lord chase them. 6 Let their 
way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord per- 
secute them. 

b. c. 1017.] 2 Sam. 24. 1. And again the anger of the Lord 
was kindled against Israel. 

1 Chron. 21. 1. And Satan stood up against Israel, and pro- 
voked David to number Israel. 14 So the Lord sent pestilence 
upon Israel : and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. 
15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and 
as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him 
of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, 
stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by 
the threshingfloor of Oman the Jebusite. 16 And David lift- 
ed up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand be- 
tween the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his 
hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the 
elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their 
faces. 18 Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say 
to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto 
the Lord in the threshingfloor of Oman the Jebusite. 19 And 
David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the 
name of the Lord. 20 And Oman turned back, and saw the 
angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now 
Oman was threshing wheat. 26 And David built there an 
altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace of- 
ferings, and called upon the Lord ; and he answered him from 
heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering. 27 And the 
Lord commanded the angel ; and he put up his sword again 
into the sheath thereof. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 78. 49. He cast upon them the fierceness 
of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by send- 
ing evil angels among them. 

a. d. 44- J Acts 12. 21. And upon a set day Herod, arrayed 
in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration 



§ 259, 260.] Angels in relation to Man. 127 

unto the in. 22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the 
voice of a God, and not of a man. 23 And immediately the 
angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the 
glory : and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. 

§ 259. An Angel restrained Abraham from sacrificing 
his son, and foretold to him the future greatness of 
his Seed. 

b. c. 1863.] Gen. 22. 9. And they came to the place which 
God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and. 
iaid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid 
him on the altar upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched 
forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. n And 
the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and 
said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. 12 And he 
said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any- 
thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, see- 
ing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. 
15 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of 
heaven the second time, 16 And said, By myself have I sworn, 
saith the Lord, for because thou hast clone this thing, and 
hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, 17 That in blessing 
I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed 
as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the 
sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies: 
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; 
because thou hast obeyed my voice. 

§ 260. Angels sometimes instmtcted the Prophets. 

b. c. 574.] Ezek. 40. 3. And he brought me thither, and, 
behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the ap- 
pearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a meas- 
uring reed; and he stood in the gate. 4 And the man said 
unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with 
thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall show thee; 
for to the intent that I might show them unto thee art thou 
brought hither : declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel. 

b. c. 551.] Dan. 7. 16. I came near unto one of them and 
stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, 
and made me know the interpretation of the things. 

b. c. 549.] Dan. 8. 15. And it came to pass, when I, even I 
Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, 
behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. 
16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which 
called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the 
vision. 17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, 
I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, 



128 Angels in relation to Man. [§260. 

Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall he 
the vision. 18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a 
deep sleep on my face toward the ground : but he touched 
me, and set me upright. 19 And he said, Behold, I will make 
thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation : 
for at the time appointed the end shall de. 

b. c. 538.] Dan. 9. 3. And I set my face unto the Lord 
God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and 
sackcloth, and ashes. 20 And while I was speaking, and pray- 
ing, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, 
and. presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for 
the holy mountain of my God ; 21 Yea, while I was speaking 
in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vis- 
ion at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me 
about the time of the evening oblation. 22 And he informed 
me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come 
forth to give thee skill and understanding. 23 At the begin- 
ning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and 
I am come to show thee; for thou art greatly beloved: there- 
fore understand the matter, and consider the vision. 

b. c. 53^.] Dan. 10. 4. And in the four and twentieth day 
of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, 
which is Hiddekel; 5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, 
and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were 
girded with fine gold of Uphaz : 6 His body also was like the 
beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his 
eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour 
to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of 
a multitude. 7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision : for the 
men that were with me saw not the vision ; but a great quak- 
ing fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. 

8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and 
there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was 
turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. 

9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the 
voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and 
my face toward the ground. lu And, behold, a hand touched 
me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my 
hands. u And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly be- 
loved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and 
stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he 
had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. 12 Then 
said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that 
thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thy- 
self before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for 
thy work. 13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia with- 
stood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the 
chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with 



§ 260.] AXGELS IN RELATION TO MAN. 129 

the kings of Persia. I4 Noav I am coine to make thee under- 
stand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet 
the vision is for many days. 15 And when he had spoken such 
words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I be- 
came dumb. 16 Aud, behold, one like the similitude of the 
sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and 
spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my Lord, 
by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have re- 
tained no strength. 1T For how can the servant of this my 
lord talk with this my lord ? for as for me, straightway there 
remaineth no strength in me, neither is there breath left in 
me. 18 Then there came again and touched me one like the 
appearance of a man, and he strengthened me, 19 And said, 
O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace he unto thee; be 
strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I 
was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak ; for thou hast 
strengthened me. 20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I 
come unto thee ? and now will I return to fisdit with the 
prince of Persia : and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of 
Grecia shall come. "But I will show thee that which is 
noted in the Scripture of truth : and there is none that holdeth 
with me in these things, but Michael your prince. 

b. c. 534.] Dan. 11. 1. Also I in the first year of Darius the 
Mede, even I stood to confirm and to strengthen him. 2 And 
now will I show thee the truth. 

b. c. 519.'] Zech. 1. 8. I saw by night, and behold a man 
riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees 
that were in the bottom ; and behind him icere there red horses, 
speckled and white. 9 Then said I, O my Lord, what are 
these ? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I 
will show thee what these oe. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 1. 1. The revelation of Jesus Christ, which 
God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which 
must shortly come to pass ; and he sent and signified it by his 
angel unto his servant John. 

Rev. 17. 6. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood 
of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and 
when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. 7 And the 
angel said unto me, "Wherefore didst thou marvel ? I will tell 
thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth 
her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. 

Rev. 21. 9. And there came unto me one of the seven angels 
which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and 
talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show T thee the 
bride, the Lamb's wife. 

Rev. 22. 6. And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful 
and true : and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his 
angel to show unto his servants the things which must shortly 



130 Angels in relation to Man. [§ 261. 

be done. 8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. 
And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before 
the feet of the angel which showed me these things. 9 Then 
saith he unto me, See thou do it not : for I am thy fellow ser- 
vant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which 
keep the sayings of this book: worship God. 10 And he saith 
unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book : 
for the time is at hand. 

§ 261. Angels have foretold the birth and character 

of some persons. 

b. c. 1911.1 Gen. 16. 7. And the angel of the Lord found 
her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain 
in the way to Shur. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, 
whence earnest thou ? and whither wilt thou go ? And she 
said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. "And the 
angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and 
submit thyself under her hands. 10 And the angel of the Lord 
said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it 
shall not be numbered for multitude. " And the angel of the 
Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt 
bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord 
hath heard thy affliction. 12 And he will be a wild man ; his 
hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against 
him: and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 

b. c. 1157.] Judges 13. 2. And there was a certain man of 
Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah ; 
and his wife was barren, and bare not. 3 And the angel of the 
Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold 
now, thou art barren, and bearest not : but thou shalt con- 
ceive, and bear a son. 4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, 
and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean 
thing : 5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no 
razor shall come on his head : for the child shall be a Naza- 
rite unto God from the womb : and he shall begin to deliver 
Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. 16 And Manoah said 
unto the angel of the Lord, I pray thee, let us detain thee, un- 
til we shall have made ready a kid for thee. 1G And the angel 
of the Lord said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will 
not eat of thy bread : and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, 
thou must offer it unto the Lord. For Manoah knew not that 
he was an angel of the Lord. " And Manoah said unto the 
angel of the Lord, What is thy name, that when thy sayings 
come to pass we may do thee honour? 18 And the angel of 
the Lord said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, 
seeing it is secret ? 19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat of- 
fering, and offered it upon a rock unto the Lord : and the angel 



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Angels in relation to Man. 131 



did wondrously ; and Manoah and his wife looked on. -"For 
it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from 
off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame 
of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell 
on their faces to the ground. 

b. c. 5.] Luke 1. 11. And there appeared unto him an angel 
of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 
"And when Zacharias saw Mm, he was troubled, and fear fell 
upon him. 13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacha- 
rias : for thy prayer is heard ; and thy wife Elisabeth shall 
bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. "And 
thou 'shalt have joy and gladness ; and many shall rejoice at 
his birth. 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, 
and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall 
be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. 
16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord 
their God. 17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and 
power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the chil- 
dren, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make 
ready a people prepared for the Lord. 18 And Zacharias said 
unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this ? for I am an old 
man, and mv wife well stricken in years. 19 And the ano-el 
answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the 
presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to 
sh.ow thee these glad tidings. -°And, behold, thou shalt be 
dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things 
shalt be performed, because thou believest not my words, 
which shall be fulfilled in their season. 

§ 262. Angels sometimes appeared in a material body 

and ate food. 

b. c. 1897.] Gen. 18. 1. And the Lord appeared unto him 
in the plains of Manire : and he sat in the tent door in the 
heat of the day; " And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, 
lo, three men stood by him : and when he saw them, he ran 
to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward 
the ground, 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour 
in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant : 
4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your 
feet, and rest yourselves under the tree : 5 And I will fetch a 
morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts ; after that ye 
shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And 
they said, So do, as thou hast said. 6 And Abraham hastened 
into the tent unto Sarah, and said. Make ready quickly three 
measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the 
hearth. 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a 
calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man ; and he 
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132 Angels in relation to Christ. [§ 263, 264. 

hasted to dress it. 8 And he took butter, and milk, and the 
calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he 
stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. 

b. c. 1897.] Gen. 19. 1. And there came two angels to Sodom 
at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing 
them, rose up to meet them ; and he bowed himself with his 
face toward the ground; 2 And he said, Behold now, my 
lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry 
all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and 
go on your ways. And they said, Nay ; but we will abide in 
the street all night. 3 And he pressed upon them greatly; 
and they turned in unto him, and entered into bis house : and 
he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened breaa, and 
they did eat. 

§ 263. Angels are not to be Worshipped. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 2. 18. Let no man beguile you of your reward 
in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding 
into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by 
his fleshly mind. 

A. d. 96.] Kev. 19. 10. And I fell at his feet to worship him. 
And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow 
servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: 
worship God : for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of 
prophecy. 

Rev. 22. 8. And I John saw these things, and heard them. 
And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship be- 
fore the feet of the angel- which showed me these things. 
9 Then saith he unto me, See tlwu do it not : for I am thy fel- 
low servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them 
which keep the sayings of this book: worship God. 

§ 264. Angels foretold the birth of Christ, and an- 
nounced the event. 

b. c. 5.] Luke 1. 26. And in the sixth month the angel 
Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee named Naz- 
areth, 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Jo- 
seph, of the house of David ; and the virgin's name teas Mary. 
2a And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art 
highly favoured, the Lord is with thee : blessed art thou 
among women. 29 And when she saw him, she was troubled 
at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation 
this should be. 30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, 
Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. S1 And, behold, 
thou shalt, conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and 
shalt call his name JESUS. 32 He shall be great, and shall be 



§ 265.] Angels in relation to Christ. 133 

called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give 
unto him the throne of his father David: 33 And he shall reign 
over the house of Jacob for ever ; and of his kingdom there 
shall be no end. 34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall 
this be, seeing I know not a man ?<■► 35 And the angel answered 
and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and 
the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee : therefore 
also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called 
the Son of God. 36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she 
hath also conceived a son in her old age : and this is the sixth 
month with her, who was called barren. 37 For with God 
nothing shall be impossible. 38 And Mary said, Behold the 
handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. 
And the angel departed from her. 

b. c. 4-] Luke 2. 7. And she brought forth her firstborn 
son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in 
a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. 
8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in 
the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And, lo, 
the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the 
Lord shone round about them; and they were sore afraid. 
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not : for, behold, I bring 
you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. " For 
unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which 
is Christ the Lord. 12 And this shall oe a sign unto you; Ye 
shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a 
manger. 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multi- 
tude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, 14 Glory 
to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward 
men. 16 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away 
from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, 
Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which 
is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. 

§ 265. Angels ministered to Christ and strengthened 

him. 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 4. 10. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee 
hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord 
thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. " Then the devil 
leave th him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto 
him. 

A. d. 29. ~\ Luke 22. 41. And he was withdrawn from them 
about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, 42 Say- 
ing, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: 
nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done. 43 And there 
appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. 



134 Angels in relation to Christ. [§266-268. 

§ 266. Angels rolled away the stone from the sepulchre 
and announced the Resurrection of Christ. 

A. d. 29. ~\ Matt. 28. 1. In the end of the sabbath, as it began 
to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Mag- 
dalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. 2 And, be- 
hold, there was a great earthquake : for the angel of the Lord 
descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone 
from the door, and sat upon it. 3 His countenance was like 
lightning, and his raiment white as snow : 4 And for fear of 
him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. B And 
the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: 
for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 6 He is 
not here: for he is risen, as he said, Come, see the place 
where the Lord lay, 7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples 
that he has risen from the dead ; and, behold, he goeth before 
you into Galilee ; there shall ye see him : lo, I have told you. 

§ 267. When Christ ascended, Angels declared to the 
disciples that he should come again in the same 
manner. 

a. d. 29.] Acts 1. 9. And when he had spoken these things, 
while they beheld, he was taken up ; and a cloud received 
him out of their sight. 10 And while they looked steadfastly 
toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them 
in white apparel; "Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why 
stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is 
taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner 
as ye have seen him go into heaven. 

§ 268. Angels worship Christ and are subject to Sim. 

A. d. 60.] 1 Pet. 3. 22. Who is gone into heaven, and is on 
the right hand of God ; angels and authorities and powers be- 
ing made subject unto him. 

A. d. 63.] Heb. 1. 4. Being made so much better than the 
angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent 
name than they. 

a. d. 96.] Kev. 5. 11. And I beheld, and I heard the voice 
of many angels round about the throne,, and the beasts, and 
the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times 
ten thousand, and thousands of thousands ; a2 Saying with a 
loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive pow- 
er, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and 
glory, and blessing. 13 And every creature which is in heaven, 
and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the 
sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and 



§ 269. Angels in eelation to Chuist. 135 

honour, and glory, and power, "be unto him that sitteth upon 
the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. 

§269. Angels attend Christ in the administration of his 

Kingdom. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 13. 39. The harvest is the end of the world ; 
and the reapers are the angels. 40 As therefore the tares are 
gathered arid burned in the fire ; so shall it be in the end of 
this world. 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and 
they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, 
and them which do iniquity ; 42 And shall cast them into a 
furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 
49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall 
come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. 

Matt. 16. 27. For the Son of man shall come in the glory 
of his Father with his angels ; and then he shall reward 
every man according to his works. 28 Verily I say unto you, 
There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, 
till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 24. 31. And he shall send his angels with a 
great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his 
elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the 
other. 

Matt. 25. 31. When the Son of man shall come in his glory, 
and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the 
throne of his glory. S2 And before him shall be gathered all 
nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a 
shepherd divideth Ms sheep from the goats. 

a. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 4. 16. For the Lord himself shall descend 
from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, 
and with the trump of God : and the dead in Christ shall rise 
first. 

2 Thess. 1. 6. Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to 
recompense tribulation to them that trouble you ; 7 And to 
you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall 
be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels. 



136 Devils Sin against God. [§ 270-272. 



CHAPTER V. 

DEVILS. 

§ 270. They were Angels, but they sinned against God 
and were cast from Heaven into the World and down 
to Hell. 

a. d. 28.] Luke 10. 18. And he said unto them, I beheld 
Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 

A d. 29.] John 8. 44. Ye are of your father the devil, and 
the lusts of your father ye will do : he was a murderer from 
the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is 
no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie he speaketh of his 
own : for he is a liar, and the father of it. 

a. d. 60.] 2 Peter 2. 4. God spared not the angels that 
sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into 
chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment. 

a. d. 65.] Jude 6. And the angels which kept not their 
first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in 
everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the 
great day. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 12. 9. And the great dragon was cast out, 
that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth 
the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his an- 
gels were cast out with him. 

§ 271. Satan sometimes appears as an Angel of Light. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 11. 13. For such are false apostles, deceit- 
ful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of 
Christ. 14 And no marvel ; for Satan himself is transformed 
into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his 
ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteous- 
ness ; whose end shall be according to their works. 

§ 272. Satan is the, instigator of all wickedness, 

a. d. 28.] Matt. 13. 38. The field is the world ; the good 
seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the 
children of the wicked one; 39 The enemy that sowed them is 
the devil ; the harvest is the end of the world ; and the reap- 
ers are the angels. 

a. d. 29.] John 8. 44. Ye are of your father the devil, and 
the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from 



§ 273, 274.] Devils Tempt to Wickedness. 137 

the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is 
no truth in hira. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his 
own : for he is a liar, and the father of it. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 3. 8. He that committeth sin is of the 
devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this 
purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy 
the works of the devil. 

§ 273. They Tempt Men to Wickedness. 

b. c. 4004-] Gen. 3. 4. And the serpent said unto the woman, 
Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day 
ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened ; and ye shall 
be as gods, knowing good and evil. " " And the Lord God said 
unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done ? And the 
woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 

b. c. 1017.~\ 1 Chron. 21. 1. And Satan stood up against 
Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. 

a. d. 29.] Luke 22. 3. Then entered Satan into Judas sur- 
named Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. 4 And he 
went his way, and communed with the chief priests and cap- 
tains, how he might betray him unto them. 31 And the Lord 
snid, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, 
that he may sift you as wheat. 

a. d. 30.] Acts 5. 3. But Eeter said, Ananias, why hath 
Satan filled thine heart, to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep 
back £»«?'£ of the price of the land ? 4 While it remained, w T as 
it not thine own ? and after it was sold, was it not in thine 
own power ? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine 
heart ? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. 

a. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 3. 5. For this cause, when I could no 
longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means 
the tempter have tempted you, and our labor be in vain. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 7. 5. Defraud ye not one another, except it 
~be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fast- 
ing and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt 
you not for your incontinency. 

§ 274. The Devil tempted Christ, (1,) To use Sis power 

for his own comfort ; (2.) To do an unnecessary and 

dangerous act; (3,) To gain viorldly power through 

wicked means. Christ resisted him with the zoord of 

God. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 4. 1. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit 
into the wilderness, to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when 
lie had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward 
ahungered. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, 



138 Devils — their Power if Unrestrained. [§ 275. 

If tliou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made 
bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall 
not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out 
of the mouth of God. 6 Then the devil taketh him up into the 
holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6 And 
saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: 
for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning 
thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any 
time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 7 Jesus said unto 
him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy 
God. 8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding 
high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the 
world, and the glory of them; 9 And saith unto him, All these 
things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 
10 Then said Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is 
written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only 
shalt thou serve. n Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, 
angels came and ministered unto him. 

§ 275. If unrestrained by God, Satan has power to con- 
trol the winds and lightning, to stir up nations to war, 
to control absolutely the minds and bodies of individ- 
uals, and produce diseases. 

b. c. 1520.'] Job 1. 12. And the Lord said unto Satan, Be- 
hold, all that he hath is in thy power ; only upon himself put 
not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence 
of the Lord. 13 And there was a day when his sons and his 
daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest broth- 
er's house: "And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, 
The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them: 
15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, 
they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword ; and 
I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 16 While he was yet 
speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God 
is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the 
servants, and consumed them ; and I only am escaped alone 
to tell thee. 17 While he was yet speaking, there came also 
another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and 
fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and. 
slain the servants with the edge of the sword ; and I only am 
escaped alone to tell thee. 18 While he was yet speaking, there 
came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were 
eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house : 
19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, 
and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the 
young men, and they are dead ; and I only am escaped alone 
to tell thee. 



§ 275.] Devils — their Power if Unrestrained. 139 

b. c. 1520.'] Job 2. 6. And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, 
he is in thine hand ; but save his life. 7 So went Satan forth 
from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils 
from the sole of his foot unto his crown. 

a. D. 27.] Matt. 8. 28. And when he was come to the other 
side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two 
possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding 
fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. 29 And, be- 
hold, they cried out, saying. What have we to do with thee, 
Jesus, thou Son of God ? art thou come hither to torment us 
before the time? 30 And there was a good way off from them 
a herd of many swine feeding. 31 So the devils besought him, 
saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd 
of swine. 32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they 
were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, be- 
hold, the whole herd of swine ran down a steep place into 
the sea, and perished in the waters. 

Matt. 9. 32. As they went out, behold, they brought to him 
a dumb man possessed with a devil. S3 And when the devil 
was cast out, the dumb spake : and the multitudes marvelled, 
saying, It was never so seen in Israel. 

Matt. 10. 1. And when he had called unto Mm his twelve dis- 
ciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast 
them out. 

Matt. 12. 22. Then was brought unto him one possessed with 
a devil, blind, and dumb : and he healed him, insomuch that 
the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 

Mark 1. 23. And there was in their synagogue a man with 
an unclean spirit; and he cried out, 24 Saying, Let us alone; 
what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth ? art 
thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy 
One of God. 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy 
peace, and come out of him. 26 And when the unclean spirit 
had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of 
him. 

Luke 4. 33. And in the synagogue there was a man, which 
had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud 
voice, 34 Saving, Let us alone ; what have we to do with thee, 
thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know 
thee who thou art; the Holy One of God. 35 And Jesus re- 
buked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. 
And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came 
out of him, and hurt him not. 

A. d. 28.] Luke 9. 38. And, behold, a man of the company 
cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son; 
for he is mine only child. 39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and 
he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth 
again; and bruising him, hardly departeth from him. 41 And 
7* 



140 Devils — Power of if Unrestrained. [§276,277. 

Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how 
long shall I be with you, and suffer you ? Bring thy son hither. 
42 And as he was yet coming, the devil threw him down, and 
tare Mm. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed 
the child, and delivered him again to his father. 

a. d. 29. ~\ Luke 13. 16. And ought not this woman, being a 
daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these 
eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day ? 

A. d. 53.] Act 16. 16. And it came to pass, as we went to 
prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination 
met us, which brought her master much gain by soothsayings: 
17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These 
men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto 
us the -way of salvation. » 18 And this did she many days. 
But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I com- 
mand thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. 
And he came out the same hour. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 12. 7. And lest I should be exalted above 
measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was 
given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to 
buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 

§ 276. Satan hinders the ungodly from understanding 

the Gospel. 

a. d. 27.] Luke 8. 11. Now the parable is this: The seed 
is the word of God. 12 Those by the wayside are they that 
hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out 
of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 4. 3. But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to 
them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hath 
blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light 
of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, 
should shine unto them. 

§ 277. Satan is the adversary of the righteous, by 
whom, he is to be resisted and overcome. 

A. d. 29.] Luke 22. 31. And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, 
behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you 
as wheat. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Peter 5. 8. Be sober, be vigilant; because your 
adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking 
whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist, steadfast in the faith, 
knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your 
brethren that are in the world. 

A. d. 61.] Eph. 4. 27. Neither give place to the devil. 

Eph. 6. 11. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may 
be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we 



§ 278, 279.] Devils Contend against Angels. 141 

wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, 
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, 
against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take 
unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to 
withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. 
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, 
and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your 
feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace ; 16 Above 
all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to 
quench all the fiery darts of the wncked. 17 And take the hel- 
met of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the 
word of God : 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplica- 
tion in the Spirit, and w r atching thereunto with all persever- 
ance and supplication for all saints. 

a. d. 61.] James 4. 7. Submit yourselves therefore to God. 
Resist the devil, and he will flee from vou. 

a. d. 65.] 2 Tim. 2. 26. And thai they may recover them- 
selves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by 
him at his will. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 12. 11. And they overcame him by the blood 
of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony. 

§ 278. God sometimes permits the devices of evil spir- 
its against the righteous to be temporarily successful. 

a. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 2. 18. Wherefore we would have come 
unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered 
us. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 2. 10. Fear none of those things which thou 
shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into 
prison, that ye may be tried ; and ye shall have tribulation 
ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a 
crown of life. (See Job.) 

§ 279. Devils contend against the Angels. 

b. c. 519.] Zech. 3. 1. And he showed me Joshua the high 
priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan stand- 
ing at his right hand to resist him. 2 And the Lord said unto 
Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that 
hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand 
plucked out of the fire ? 

a. d. 65.] Jude 9. Yet Michael the archangel, when con- 
tending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, 
durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, 
The Lord rebuke thee. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 12. 7. And there was war in heaven: Michael 
and his angels fought against the dragon ; and the dragon 



142 Devils Know and Fear Christ. [§ 280, 281. 

fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their 
place found any more in heaven. 

§ 280. They know Christ, and believe and tremble. 

A. d. 21. ~\ Matt. 8. 29. And, behold, they cried out, saying, 
What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God ? art 
thou come hither to torment us before the time ? 

Mark 1. 24. Saying, Let us alone ; what have we to do with 
thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth ? art thou come to destroy us ? 
I know thee who thou art, the Hoiv One of God. 

a. d. 56.] Acts 19. 15. And the evil spirit answered and 
said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye ? 

a. d. 61.] James 2. 19. Thou believest that there is one 
God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. 

§ 281. Devils are not to be Worshipped. 

b. c. 1490.] Lev. 17. 7. And they shall no more offer their 
sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. 
This shall be a statute for ever uuto them throughout their 
generations. 

b. c. 14-51-] Dent. 32. 16. They provoked him to jealousy 
with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to 
anger. "They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods 
whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom 
your fathers feared not. 

b. c. IO4L] Psa. 106. 37. Yea, they sacrificed their sons and 
their daughters unto devils, 38 And shed innocent blood, even 
the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they 
sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted 
with blood. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 10. 14. Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee 
from idolatry. ia What say I then ? that the idol is any thing, 
or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing ? 20 But 
I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacri- 
fice to devils, and not to God : and I would not that ye should 
have fellowship with devils. 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of 
the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the 
Lord's table, and of the table of devils. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 4. 1. Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, 
that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giv- 
ing heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils ; 2 Speak- 
ing lies in hypocrisy ; having their conscience seared with a 
hot iron ; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain 
from meats, which God hath created to be received with 
thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 

A. d. 96.] Rev. 9. 20. And the rest of the men which were 
not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of 



8 282.1 Devils — their End. 143 

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their bands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of 
gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which 
neither can see, noivhear, nor walk. 

§ 282. Evil Spirits shall be entirely restrained for a 
time from doing evil to men, and shall ultimately he 
cast into the lake of fire forever. 

a. d. 27. ~\ Mark 1. 23. And he cried out, 24 Saying, Let vs 
alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Naza- 
reth? art thou come to destroy us? 

Matt. 8. 29. And, behold, they cried out, saying, What 
have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou 
come hither to torment us before the time? 

Luke 8. 30. And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy 
name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were en- 
tered into him. 31 And they besought him that he would not 
command them to go out into the deep. 32 And there was 
there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and 
they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into 
them. And he suffered them. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 25. 41. Then shall he say also unto them on 
the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting 
lire, prepared for the devil and his angels. 

a. d. 60.] 2 Peter 2. 4. God spared not the angels that 
sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into 
chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment. 

A. D. 65.] Jude 6. And the angels which kept not their first 
estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in ever- 
lasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great 
day. 

a. d. 96.] Kev. 20, 1. And I saw an angel come down from 
heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great 
chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that 
old serpent, which is the devil, and Satan, and bound him a 
thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and 
shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive 
the nations no more, till the thousand years should be ful- 
filled : and after that he must be loosed a little season. 7 And 
when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed 
out of his prison, 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations 
which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, 
to gather them tooether to battle: the number of whom is as 
the sand of the sea. 10 And the devil that deceived them was 
cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and 
the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night 
lor ever and ever. 



144 Man— his Creation. ["§ 283. 



CHAPTER VI. 

MAN. 

§ 283. God created man, Male and Female, in his own 

Image. 

b. c. 4004-] Gen. 1. 26. And God said, Let us make man 
in our image, after our likeness. 27 So God created man in 
his own image, in the image of God created he him ; male and 
female created he them. 

Gen. 2. 7. And the Lord Goo! formed man of the dust of 
the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life ; 
and man became a living soul. 

b. c. 2347.] Gen. 9. 6. For in the image of God made he 
man. 

b. c. 1520.] Job 10. 8. Thine hands have made me and fash- 
ioned me together round about. ll Thou hast clothed me 
with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and 
sinews. , 

Job 33. 4. The Spirit of God hath made me, and the 
breath of the Almighty hath given me life. 6 1 also am formed 
out of the clay. 

b. c. IO48.] Psa. 139. 14. For I am fearfully and wonder- 
fully made. 16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being 
unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, 
which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was 
none of them. 

b. c. IOO4.] Psa. 100. 3. Know ye that the Lord he is God: 
it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his 
people, and the sheep of his pasture. 

b. c. 977.] Eccles. 7. 29. Lo, this only have I found, that 
God hath made man upright ; but they have sought out many 
inventions. 

a. d. 29. ~\ Matt. 19. 4. And he answered and said unto 
them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the be- 
ginning made them male and female. 

a. d. 53.] Acts 17. 28. For in him we live, and move, and 
have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, 
For we are also his offspring. 29 For as much then as we are 
the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the God- 
head is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and 
man's device. 



§ 284, 285.] Man— His Relative Position. 145 

A. d. 61.] James 3. 9. Men, which are made after the simili- 
tude of God. 

§ 284. They shall be fruitful and multiply. 

B.C. 4004-] Gen. 1. 28. And God blessed them, and God said 
unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 

Gen. 3. 16. Thou shaft bring forth children. 

b. c. 2347.] Gen. 9. 1. And God blessed Noah and his sons, 
and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish 
the earth. 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring 
forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. 

b. c. 536.] Psa. 127. 3. Lo, children are a heritage of the 
Lord: and the fruit of the womb is Ms reward. 

Psa. 128. 3. Thy wife shall oe as a fruitful vine by the sides 
of thine house : thy children like olive plants round about thy 
table. 4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that fear- 
eth the Lord. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 2. 15. She shall be saved in childbearing, 
if they continue in faith and charity aud holiness with 
sobriety. 

1 Tim. 5. 10. Well reported of for good works ; if she have 
brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have 
washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if 
she have diligently followed every good work. 14 1 will there- 
fore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the 
house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproach- 
fully. 

§ 285. Man is made a little lower than the Angels, and 
has dominion over the works of God 's hands in the 
earth. 

b. c. 4004-] Gen. 1. 26. And God said, Let us make man in 
our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion 
over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over 
the cattle, and over ail the earth, and over every creeping thing 
that creepeth upon the earth. 28 And God blessed them, and 
God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish 
the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of 
the sea, and over the fowl of the ail', and over every living 
thing that moveth upon the earth. aa And God said, Behold, 
I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the 
face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit 
of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat. 

Gen. 9. 2. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall 
be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the 
air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the 
fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered. 3 Every 



146 Man — Sin and Death. [§ 286. 

moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the 
green herb have I given yon all things. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 8. 4. What is man, that thou art mindful 
of him ? and the son of man, that thou visitest him ? 5 For 
thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast 
crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest him to 
have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put 
all things under his feet : 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the 
beasts of the field; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the 
sea, and icJiatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. 

§ 286. Man sinned against God, and, because of sin, 
death, both spiritual and physical, came upon all the 
race. 

b. c. JfOOJf.'] Gen. 2. 16. And the Lord God commanded the 
man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely 
eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, 
thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest there- 
of thou shalt surely die. 

Gen. 3. 1. Now the serpent was more subtile than any beast 
of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto 
the women, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every 
tree of .the garden ? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, 
We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of 
the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God 
hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, 
lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall 
not surely die : & For God doth know that in the day ye eat 
thereof, then your eyes shall be opened ; and ye shall be as 
gods, knowing good and evil. G And when the woman saw 
that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to 
the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took 
of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her hus- 
baud with her; and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both 
were opened, and they knew that they were naked ; and they 
sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 And 
they heard' the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden 
in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves 
from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the 
garden. a And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said 
unto him, Where art thou? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice 
in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I 
hid myself. 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast 
hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the 
tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat 
of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou 
eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles 



§ 286.] Man — Sin and Death. 147 

shall it brims' forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of 
the field. 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, 
till thou return unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou 
taken : for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. 

b. c. 1520.'] Job 14. 1. Man that is born of a woman is of 
few days, and full of trouble. 2 He cometh forth like a flow- 
er, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continu- 
eth not. 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his 
months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he 
cannot pass. 

Job 21. 23. One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at 
ease and quiet. 24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are 
moistened with marrow. 20 And another dieth in the bitter- 
ness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. 26 They shall 
lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. 

Job 34. 15. All flesh shall perish together, and man shall 
turn again unto dust. 

b. c. 1489.] Psa. 90. 10. The days of our years are three- 
score years and ten; and if by reason of strength they he four- 
score years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow ; for it is 
soon cut off, and we fly away. 

b. c. 977.] Eccl. 3. 2. A time to be born, and a time to die. 
20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to 
dust again. 

Eccl. 12. 7. Then shall the • dust return to the earth as it 
was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 10. 28. And fear not them which kill the 
body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him 
which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 15. 22. In Adam all die. 5(i The sting of 
death is sin. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 3. 23. For all have sinned, and come short 
of the glory of God. 

Rom. 5. 12. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the 
world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, 
for that all have sinned: 13 For until the law sin was in the 
world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. "Nev- 
ertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them 
that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's trangres- 
sion, who is the figure of him that was to come. 

Rom. 6. 21. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof 
ye are now ashamed ? for the end of those things is death. 

Rom. 8. 10. The body is dead because of sin. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 2. 1. And you hath he quickened, who were 
dead in trespasses and sins. 5 Even when we were dead in 
sins, hath quickened us together with Christ. 

James 1. 15. Then when 'lust hath conceived, it bringeth 
forth sin ; and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 



148 Man — Condition of the Dead. [§287,288. 

a. d. 61.] Jam. 4. 14. For what is your life ? It is even a va- 
pour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 

A. D. 62. ~] Col. 2. 13. And you, being dead in your sins and 
the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together 
with him, having forgiven you all trespasses. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 9. 27. It is appointed unto men once to die. 

§ 287. When the body dies, the spirit and soul continue 
to live, and go to the p>lace of the departed. 

b. c. 977.] Eccl. 3. 21. Who knoweth the spirit of man that 
goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth down- 
ward to the earth ? 

Eccl. 12. 7. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: 
and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 10. 28. And fear not them which kill the 
body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him 
which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 

A. d. 29.] Matt, 22. 32. I am the God of Abraham, and the 
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. God is not the God of 
the dead, but of the living. 

Luke 16. 22. And it came to pass that the beggar died, and 
was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich 
man also died, and was buried ; C3 And in hell he lifted up his 
eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Laz- 
arus in his bosom. 

Luke 23. 43. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto 
thee, To day shaft thou be with me in paradise. 

a. d. 81.] Acts 7. 59. And they stoned Stephen, calling up- 
on God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 

a. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 5. 10. Whether we wake or sleep, we 
should live together with him. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 14. 7. For none of us liveth to himself, and 
no man dieth to himself. 8 For whether we live, we live unto 
the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: wheth- 
er we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this 
end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be 
Lord both of the dead and livingr. 



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§288. When the spirit and soul are separated from the 
body they have no knowledge of things transpiring 
on the earth; but remain, in respect to earthly mat- 
ters, as when the body is in natural sleep. 

b. c. 1520.] Job 14. 21. His sons come to honour, and he 
knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth 
it not of them. 



§289.] Man — Condition of the Dead. 149 

B. c. 977.] Eccl. 9. 5. For the living know that they shall 
die : but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any 
more a reward ; for the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Also 
their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; 
neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that 
is done under the sun. "'Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, 
do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor devise, nor 
knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 

b. c. 7 IS.] Isa. 38. 18. For the grave cannot praise thee, 
death cannot celebrate thee : they that go down into the pit 
cannot hope for thy truth. 

• Isa. 63. 16. Doubtless thou art our Father, though Abra- 
ham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not. 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 9. 24. He said unto them, Give place: for 
the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to 
scorn. 

A. D. 29.] John 9. 4. I must work the works of him that 
sent me, while it is day : the night cometh, when no man can 
work. 

John 11. 11. He saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleep- 
eth ; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. 

a. d. 31.] Acts 7. 59. And they stoned Stephen, calling 
upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And 
he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not 
this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell 
asleep. 

A. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 15. 18. Then they also which are fallen 
asleep in Christ. 51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall 
not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. 

§ 289. Tlie dead remember the circumstances and oppor- 
tunities which they experienced when in the body. The 
wicked have bitter reflections, and are not associated 
with the righteous. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 5. 11. And thou mourn at the last, when 
thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12 And say, How have I 
hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13 And have 
not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to 
them that instructed me ! 14 1 was almost in all evil in the 
midst of the congregation and assembly. 

a. d. 29.] Luke 16. 22. The rich man also died, and was 
buried ; 23 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, 
and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And 
he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and 
send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his linger in water, 
and cool my tongue ; for I am tormented in this flame. 25 But 
Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thv lifetime re- 



150 Man — Condition of the Dead. [§ 290. 

ceivedst thy good tilings, and likewise Lazarus evil things: 
but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 26 And be- 
side all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed : 
so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; nei- 
ther can they pass to us, that would come from thence. 27 Then 
he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send 
him to my father's house: 28 For I have five brethren; that he 
may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of 
torment. 29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and 
the prophets; let them hear them. 80 And he said, Nay, fa- 
ther Abraham : but if one went unto them from the dead, they 
will repent. S1 And lie said unto him, If they hear not Moses 
and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one 
rose from the dead. 

§ 290. TJie righteous dead rest in peace, conscious of the 
presence of Christ, and are blessed. Their condition 
is called Paradise and Abraham's bosom. 

b. c. 1520.'] Job 3. 17. There the wicked cease from troub- 
ling ; and there the weary be at rest. 18 There the prisoners 
rest together ; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. 19 The 
small and great are there; and the servant is free from his 
master. 

b. c. 1060.'] Psa. 31. 5. Infy) thine hand I commit my spirit: 
thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 23. 4. Yea, though I walk through the 
valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art 
with me ; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 14. 32. The wicked is driven away in his 
wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 57. 1. The righteous perisheth, and no man 
layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none 
considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to 
come. 2 He shall enter into j^eace : they shall rest in their beds, 
each oiw walking in his uprightness. 

b. c. 539.] Psa. 37. 37. Mark the perfect man, and behold 
the upright : for the end of that man is peace. 

b. c. 536.] Psa. 116. 15. Precious in the sight of the Lord 
is the death of his saints. 

a. d. 29.] Luke 16. 22. And it came to pass, that the beg- 
gar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. 
25 Now he is comforted. 

Luke 23/43. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto 
thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. 

b. c. 52.] 1 Thess. 5. JO. Whether we wake or sleep, we 
should live together with him. n Wherefore comfort your- 
selves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. 



§291,292.] Man — the Resurrection. 151 

b. c. 57.] 2 Cor. 5. 8. We are confident, I say, and willing 
rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the 
Lord. 

b. c. 58.] Rom. 8. 38. For I am persuaded, that neither 
death, nor life, " Shall be able to separate us from the love of 
God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

b. c. 62.] Phil. 1. 21. For to me to live is Christ, and to die 
is gain. 22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my 
labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. 23 For I am in a 
strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with 
Christ; which is far better: 2i Nevertheless to abide in the 
flesh is more needful for you. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 14. 13. And I heard a voice from heaven 
saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the 
Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may 
rest from their labours ; and their works do follow them. 

§ 291. The righteous dead are not yet ascended into 

Heaven. 

a. d. 29.] Acts 2. 29. Men and brethren, let me freely speak 
unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and 
buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. s4 For 
David is not ascended into the heavens. 

§ 292. There shall be a resurrection both of the right- 
eous and tricked, when the spirit will be re-united 
with the body. 

b. c. 1520.] Job 19. 25. For I know that my Redeemer 
liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the 
earth: 2u And though after my skin worms destroy this body, 
yet in my flesh shall I see God : 27 Whom I shall see for my- 
self, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my 
reins be consumed within me. 

b. c. 1044-1 P sa - 16. 9. My flesh also shall rest in hope. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 26. 19. Thy dead men shall live, together with 
my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell 
in dust: for thy clew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth 
shall cast out the dead. 

b. c. 587.] Ezek. 37. 12. Therefore prophesy and say 
unto them, Thus saith. the Lord God ; Behold, O my people, 
I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out 
of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And 
ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened 
your graves, my people, and brought you up out of your 
graves. 



152 Man — the Resurrection. [§ 293. 

b. c. 539.] Psa. 49. 15. But God will redeem my soul from 
the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. 

b. c. 534.] Dan. 12. 2. And many of them that sleep in the 
dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and 
some to shame and everlasting contempt. 

A. d. 27. ~\ John 5. 28. Marvel not at this: for the hour is 
coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his 
voice, 29 And shall come forth ; they that have done good, 
unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, 
unto the resurrection of damnation. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor.' 15. 12. Now if Christ be preached that he 
rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no 
resurrection of the dead ? 13 But if there he no resurrection 
of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14 And if Christ be not 
risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. 
15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God ; because we 
have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he 
raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. 16 For if the 
dead rise not, then is not Christ raised. 20 But now is Christ 
risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that 
slept. 

a. d. 60.] Acts 23. 6. But when Paul perceived that the one 
part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in 
the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a 
Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am 
called in question. 

Acts 24. 15. And have hope toward God, which they them- 
selves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the 
dead, both of the just and unjust. 

a. d. 62.] Acts 26. 8. Why should it be thought a thing in- 
credible with you, that God should raise the dead? 

§293. In the resurrection, the righteous dead will first 
be raised / the righteous then living on earth will be 
changed, and all the righteous will meet the Lord in 
the air, and be with him forever. 

a. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 4. 13. But I would not have you to be 
ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye 
sorrow n<3t, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we 
believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also 
which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 16 For this we 
say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are 
alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not pre- 
vent them which are asleep. 1C For the Lord himself shall 
descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the 
archangel, and with the trump of God : and the dead in 



§294.] Man — tiie Resurrection. 153 

Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain 
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet 
the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 15. 22. For as in Adam all die, even so in 
Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own 
order: Christ the firstfruits ; afterward they that are Christ's 
at his coming. "Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall 
not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. 52 In a moment, in 
the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet 
shall souud, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and 
we shall be changed. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 4. 14. He which raised up the Lord Jesus 
shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. 

§ 294. In the resurrection the bodies of the righteous 
will be heavenly, spiritual, incorruptible, and im- 
mortal. 

A. D. 56.] 1 Cor. 15. 35. But some man will say, How are 
the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? 
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except 
it die: 37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that 
body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, 
or of some other grain : 38 But God giveth it a body as it hath 
pleased him, and to every seed his own body. 3a All flesh is 
not the same flesh : but there is one kind of flesh of men, 
another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. 
40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial : but 
the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terres- 
trial is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another 
glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars ; for one 
star differeth from another star in glory. 42 So also is the res- 
urrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised 
in incorruption : 43 It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory : 
it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power : 44 It is sown a 
natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural 
body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, 
The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam 
was made a quickening spirit. 46 Howbeit that was not first 
which is spiritual, but that which is natural ; and afterward 
that which is spiritual. 47 The first man is of the earth, 
earthy : the second man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As is the 
earthy, such are they also that are earthy : and as is the 
heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 49 And as we 
have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the 
image of the heavenly. 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh 
and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God ; neither doth 



154 Man* — the Resurrection. [§295. 

corruption inherit incorruption. 61 Behold, I show you a mys- 
tery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump : 
for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised in- 
corruptible, and we shall be changed. 63 For this corrupt- 
ible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on im- 
mortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incor- 
ruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then 
shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is 
swallowed up in victory. 65 death, where is thy sting ? O 
grave, where is thy victory? 50 The sting of death is sin ; and 
the strength of sin is the law. 67 But thanks oe to God, which 
giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

A. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 5. 1. For we know that, if our earthly 
house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building 
of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 
2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon 
with our house which is from heaven: 8 If so be that being 
clothed we shall not be found naked. 4 For we that are in 
this tabernacle do groan, being burdened : not for that we 
would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might 
be swallowed up of life. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 8. 11. But if the Spirit of him that raised 
up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ 
from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his 
Spirit that dwelleth in you. 19 For the earnest expectation of 
the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 

20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, 
but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope; 

21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the 
bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the chil- 
dren of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth 
and travaileth in pain together until now. 23 And not only 
they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the 
Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for 
the adoption, to wit, the redenfption of our body. 

§ 295. In the resurrection the bodies of the righteous 
shall be like the body of Christ. 

A. d. 62.] Phil. 3. 20. For our conversation is in heaven; 
from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus 
Christ : 21 "Who shall change our vile body, that it may be 
fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the work- 
ins-; wherebvhe is able even to subdue all things unto himself. 



§ 286, 287.] Man — the Resurrection. 155 

§ 286. TJie body of Christ, after his resurrection, was of 
flesh and bone ; but was not subject to the laws lohich 
control the natural body. 

A. d. 29.] Luke 24. 31. And their eyes were opened, and 
they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. 

John 20. 19. Then the same day at evening, being the first 
day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disci- 
ples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and 
stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. 

Luke 24. 37. But they were terrified and affrighted, and 
supposed that they had seen a spirit. 38 And he said unto them, 
Why are ye troubled ? and why do thoughts arise in your 
hearts ? 39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: 
handle me, and see ; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye 
see me have. 40 And when he had thus spoken, he showed 
them Ms hands and his feet. 51 And it came to pass, while he 
blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into 
heaven. 

§ 297. At the resurrection in the end of the world God 
will judge every person by Jesus Christ. Then each 
one will receive his just reioard. The righteous shall 
live forever with God, the wicked shall go into ever- 
lasting punishment. 

a. d. 27. ,] Matt. 13. 38. The field is the world; the good ' 
seed are the children of the kingdom ; but the tares are the 
children of the wicked one ; 39 The enemy that sowed them is 
the devil ; the harvest is the end of the world ; and the reap- 
ers are the angels. 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and 
burned in the fire ; so shall it be in the end of this world. 41 The 
Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather 
out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do 
iniquity; 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there 
shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall the 
righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Fa- 
ther. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 49 So shall it be 
at the end of the world : the angels shall come forth, and sever 
the wicked from among the just, 60 And shall cast them into the 
furnace of fire : there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 

Matt. 16. 27. For the Son of man shall come in the glory of 
Iiis Father with his angels ; and then he shall reward every 
man according to his works. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 25. 31. When the Son of man shall come in 
his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit 
upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before hjm shall be gath- 
8 



156 Man — the Judgment. [§297. 

ered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, 
as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: S3 And he 
shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the 
left. S4 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand. 
Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared 
for you from the foundation of the world : 35 For T was ahun- 
gered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me 
drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36 Naked, and ye 
clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, 
and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, 
saying, Lord, when saw we thee ahungered, and fed thee? or 
thirsty, and gave thee drink ? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, 
and took thee in ? or naked, and clothed thee ? 39 Or when saw 
we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the 
King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, 
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my 
brethren, ye have done it unto me. 41 Then shall he say also 
unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into 
everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For 
I was ahungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and 
ye gave me no drink : 43 1 was a stranger, and ye took me not 
in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and 
ye. visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer him, say- 
ing, Lord, when saw we thee ahungered, or athirst, or a 
stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister 
unto thee ? 45 Then shall he answ T er them, saying, Verily I say 
unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of 
these, ye did it not to me. 46 And these shall go away into 
everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. 

a. d. 51^.] Acts 17. 31. Because he hath appointed a day, in 
the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that 
man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance 
unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 5. 10. For we must all appear before the 
judgment seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things 
done in Ms body, according to that he hath done, whether it 
oe good or bad. 

a. d. 58 A Rom. 2. 6. Who will render to every man accord- 
ing to his deeds : 7 To them who by patient continuance in 
well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal 
life : B But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the 
truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, '"Trib- 
ulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil; of 
the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; lu But glory, honour, 
and peace, to every man that worketh good; to the Jew first, 
and also to the Gentile: n For there is no respect of per- 
sons with God. 12 For as many as have sinned without law 
shall also perish without law ; and as many as have sinned in 



§ 298, 299.] Man — the Judgment. 157 

the law shall be judged by the law; 16 In the day when God 
shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to 
my gospel. 

a. d. 58.] Bom. 14. 10. But why dost thou judge thy brother? 
or why dost thou set at naught thy brother ? for we shall all 
stand before the judgment seat of Christ. " For it is written, 
As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and 
every tongue shall confess to God. 12 So then every one of us 
shall give account of himself to God. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 20. 12. And I saw the dead, small and great, 
stand before God ; and the books were opened : and another 
book was opened, which is the ~boo~k of life: and the dead were 
judged out of those things which were written in the books, 
according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead 
which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead 
which were in them : and they were judged every man accord- 
ing to their works. 13 And whosoever was not found written 
in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. 

§ 298. For every idle word, and for every action, both 
secret and open, shall men give account in the Day of 
Judgment. 

b. c. 977.] Eccl. 11. 9. Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; 
and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and 
walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine 
eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring 
thee into judgment. 

Eccl. 12. 14. For God shall bring every work into judg- 
ment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether 
it be evil. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 12. 36. But I say unto you, That every idle 
word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in 
the day of judgment. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 4. 5. Therefore judge nothing before the 
time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the 
hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the coun- 
sels of the hearts. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 2. 16. In the day when God shall judge the 
secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. 

§ 299. JVo man, neither the angels, nor the Son, but the 
Father only, knows when the End and the General 
Judgment shall be. 

a. d. 29.] Mark 13. 32. But of that day and that hour know- 
eth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither 



158 Man — Repentance and Forgiveness. [§ 300. 

the Son, but the Father. "Take ye heed, watch and pray: 
for ye know not when the time is. 

a. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 5. 1. But of the times and the seasons, 
brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For your- 
selves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as 
a thief in the night. 8 For when they shall say, Peace and 
safety ; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail 
upon a woman with child ; and they shall not escape. 4 But 
ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should over- 
take you as a thief. ° Therefore let us not sleep, as do others ; 
but let us watch and be sober. 

a. d. 60.] 2 Peter 3. 10. But the day of the Lord will come 
as a thief in the night ; in the which the heavens shall pass 
away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with 
fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein 
shall be burned up. 

§ 300. All should repent and turn unto God that he may 
have mercy, and forgive them. 

b. c. 1520.] Job 36. 10. He openeth also their ear to disci- 
pline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. " If 
they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in pros- 
perity, and their years in pleasures. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 55. 7. Let the wicked forsake his way, and 
the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto 
the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him ; and to our God, 
for he will abundantly pardon. 

a. d. 594.] Ezek. 18. 21. But if the wicked will turn from 
all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, 
and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he 
shall not die. 22 All his transgressions that he hath commit- 
ted they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteous- 
ness that he hath done he shall live. 24 But when the right- 
eous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth in- 
iquity, and doeth according to all the abomination's that the 
wicked man doeth, shall he live ? All his righteousness that 
he hath done shall not be mentioned : in his trespass that he 
has trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them 
shall he die. 27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away 
from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that 
which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 28 Be- 
cause he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgres- 
sions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not 
die. 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every 
one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and 
turn yourselves from all your transgressions ; so iniquity shall 
not be your ruin. 31 Cast away from you all your transgres- 



§ 301.] Man — Repentance and Fokgiveness. 159 

sions, whereby ye have transgressed ; and make you a new 
heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 
32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith 
the Lord God : wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye. 

b. c. 690.] Joel 2. 12. Therefore also now, saith the Lord, 
turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and 
with weeping, and with mourning: 13 And rend your heart, 
and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God : for 
he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kind- 
ness, and repenteth him of the evil. 

a. d. 570.] Zech. 1. 3. Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of 
hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. 

a. d. 26.] Matt. 3. 1. In those days came John the Baptist, 
preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 And saying, Repent 
ye : for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 8 Bring forth there- 
fore fruits meet for repentance. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 4. 17. From that time Jesus began to 
preach, and to say, Repent : for the kingdom of heaven is at 
hand. 

a. d. 29.] Acts 2. 37. Now when they heard this, they were 
pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of 
the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do ? 38 Then 
Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of 
you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and 
ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost? 39 For the prom- 
ise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar 
off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. 

Acts 3. 19. Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that 
your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing 
shall come from the presence of the Lord. 

a. d. 54.] Acts 17. 30. And the times of this ignorance God 
winked at ; but now commandeth all men every where to re- 
pent. 

a. d. 60.] Acts 20. 20. I kept back nothing that was profit- 
able unto you, but have showed you, and have taught you 
publicly, and from house to house, 21 Testifying both to the 
Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and 
faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 

a. d. 62.] Acts 26. 20. But showed first unto them of Da- 
mascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of 
Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and 
turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. 

§ 301. God offers forgiveness and salvation unto all 
who repent and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 55. 1. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye 
to the waters, and lie that hath no money; come ye, buy, and 



160 Man — Salvation in Christ. [§ 302. 

eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and with- 
out price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is 
not bread ? and your labour for that which satisfieth not ? 
hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and 
let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and 
come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make 
an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of 
David. 4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peo- 
ple, a leader and commander to the people. 5 Behold, thou 
shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that 
knew not thee shall run unto thee, because of the Lord thy 
God, and for the Holy One of Israel ; for he hath glorified 
thee. 6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon 
him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and 
the unrighteous man his thoughts : and let him return unto 
the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him ; and to our God, 
for he will abundantly pardon. 

a. d. 27.] John 3. 16. For God so loved the world, that he 
gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him 
should not perish, but have everlasting life. 

a. d. 28. ,] John 6. 47. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that 
believeth on me hath everlasting life. 

a. d. 31.] Acts 10. 43. To him give all the prophets witness, 
that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall re- 
ceive remission of sins. 

a. d. 53.] Acts 16. 31. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, 
and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 

a. d. 58. J Rom. 5. 8. But God commendeth his love toward 
us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 
9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall 
be saved from wrath through him. 10 For if, when we were 
enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son ; 
much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 

Rom. 10. 9. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the 
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath 
raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 4. 9. In this was manifested the love of 
God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son 
into the world, that we might live through him. 10 Herein is 
love, not that we love God, but that he loved us, and sent his 
Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 

§ 302. None can come unto God but by Jesus Christ. 

a. d. 29.] John 10. 7. Then said Jesus unto them again, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. B All 
that ever came before me are thieves and robbers ; but the 
sheep did not hear them. 9 1 am the door: by me if any man 



§ 303.] Man — Salvation in Christ. 161 

enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find 
pasture. 

A. d. 29.] John 14. 6. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the 
truth, and the life : no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 

Acts 4. 12. Neither is there salvation in any other : for 
there is none other name under heaven given among- men, 
whereby we must be saved. 

a. d, 61.] Eph. 2. 18. For through him we both have access 
by one Spirit unto the Father. 

§ 303. Whoever would be saved must believe that Jesus 

is the Son of God. 

A. d. 27.] John 3. 18. He that believeth on him is not con- 
demned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, be- 
cause he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten 
Son of God. 

a. D. 29.1 J°h n 9- 35. Jesus heard that they had cast him 
out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost 
thou believe on the Son of God? 3ti He answered and said, 
Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? 37 And Jesus 
said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that 
talketh with thee. 38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he 
worshipped him. 

John 20. 31. But these are written, that ye might believe 
that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God ; and that believing 
ye might have life through his name. 

A. d. 32.] Acts 8. 36. And as they went on their w T ay, they 
came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is 
water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? 37 And Philip 
said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And 
he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son 
of God. 38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and 
they went down both into the water, both Philip and the 
eunuch ; and he baptized him. 

A. d. 63. ] Heb. 10. 29. Of how much sorer punishment, sup- 
pose ye, shall he bethought worthy, who hath trodden under 
foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the cove- 
nant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and 
hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace ? 

a. d. 69-.] 1 John 2. 23. Whosoever denieth the Son, the 
same hath not the Father. 

1 John 4. 15. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son 
of God, God dwelieth in him, and he in God. 

1 John 5. 5. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he 
that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God ? 12 He that 
hath the Son hath life ; and he that hath not the Son of God 
hath not life. 13 These things have I written unto you that 



162 Man— Knowing God. [§ 304-306. 

believe on the name of the Son of God ; that ye may know 
that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name 
of the Son of God. 

%. 

§ 304. The Righteous know and understand God. 

B.C. 1015.] 1 Chron. 28. 9. Know thou the God of thy Father, 
and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind. 

b. c. 785.] Hos. 2. 20. I will even betroth thee unto me in 
faithfulness ; and thou shaft know the Lord. 

b. c. 780.] Hos. 6. 6. Fori desired mercy, and not sacrifice; 
and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 43. 10. Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, 
and my servant whom I have chosen ; that ye may know and 
believe me, and understand that I am he. 

b. c. 710.] Jer. 9. 23. Thus saith the Lord, Let not the 
wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty marl 
glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: 
24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth 
and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise loving- 
kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth : for in 
these things I delight, saith the Lord. 

b. c. 587.] Jer. 31. 33. But this shall he the covenant that I 
will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the 
Lord; I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it 
in their hearts ; and will be their God, and they shall be my 
people. 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neigh- 
bour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for 
they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the 
greatest of them, saith the Lord : for I will forgive their in- 
iquity, and I will remember their sin no more. 

b. c. 53^.] Dan. 11. 32. The people that do know their 
God shall be strong, and do exploits. 33 And they that un- 
derstand among the people shall instruct many. 

b. c. 515. ] Psa. 48. 2. Beautiful for situations, the joy of 
the whole earth, is mount Zion. 3 God is known in her palaces 
for a refuge. 



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§ 305. To know God and Jesus Christ is Eternal Life. 

a. d. 29.] John -17. 3. And this is life eternal, that they 
might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom 
thou hast sent. 

§ 306. The wicked and worldly do not know nor un- 
derstand God. 

b. c. 780. J Hos. 4. 1. Hear the word of the Lord, ye chil- 
dren of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the in- 



§ 307.] Man — Divine- Calling. 163 

habitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor 
knowledge of God in the land. 

b. c. 780.] Hos. 5. 4.- They will not frame their doings to turn 
unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst 
of them, and they have not known the Lord. 

b. c. 612.] Jer. 4. 22. For my people is foolish, they have 
not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none 
understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they 
have no knowledge. 

Jer. 5. 4. Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are 
foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judg- 
ment of their God. 

Jer. 9. 3. And they bend their tongues like their bow for 
lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for 
they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith 
the Lord. 

a. D. 29.] John 8. 19. Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, 
nor my Father : if ye had known me, ye should have known 
my Father also. 64 It is my Father that honoureth me ; of 
whom ye say, that he is your God : 66 Yet ye have not known 
him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, 
I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his 
saying. 

John 16. 2. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, 
the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that 
he doeth God service. 3 And these things will they do unto 
you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. 

John 17. 25. O righteous Father, the world hath not known 
thee. 

a. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 4. 4. That every one of you should know 
how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 5 Not 
in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know 
not God. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 15. 34. Awake to righteousness, and sin 
not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this 
to your shame. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 4. 8. He that loveth not, knoweth not 
God ; for God is love. 

§ 307. No man can come to Christ except the Father 

draw him, 

a. d. 29.] John 6. 44. No man can come to me, except the 
Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up 
at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, And they 
shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath 
heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. 
"But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus 
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164 Man— Divide Calling. [§ 308, 309. 

knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, 
and who should betray him. 65 And he said, Therefore said I 
unto ) T ou, that no man can come unto me, except it were given 
unto him of my Father. 

§ 308. Christ died a ransom for all, and all are 

drawn unto Sim. 

A. d. 29.'] John 12. 32. And I, if I be lifted up from the 
earth, will draw all men unto me. 

Acts 3. 26. Unto you first, God having raised up his Son 
Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you 
from his iniquities. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 5. 14. For the love of Christ constraineth 
us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were 
all dead : 15 And that he died for all, that they which live 
should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him 
which died for them, and rose again. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 5. 18. Therefore, as by the offence of one 
judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the 
righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justi- 
fication of life. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 2. 9. But we see Jesus, who was made a 
little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned 
with glory and honour ; that he by the grace of God should 
taste death for every man. 

A. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 2. 3. For this is good and acceptable in 
the sight of God our Saviour ; 4 Who will have all men to be 
saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 5 For 
there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the 
man Christ Jesus ; 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be 
testified in due time. 

§ 309. Every one that thirsts, and whosoever will, may 
take of the water of life freely. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 55. 1. Ho, everyone that thirsteth, come ye 
to the waters, and he that hath no money ; come ye, buy, and 
eat ; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and with- 
out price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is 
not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? 
hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and 
let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and 
come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will 
make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies 
of David. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 5. 6. Blessed are they which do hunger and 
thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. 

a. d. 29.] John 7. 37. In the last day, that great day of the 



§310,311.] Man's Choice. 165 

feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let 
him come unto me and drink. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 22. 17. And the Spirit and the bride say, 
Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him 
that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the 
water of life freely. 

§310. Every one shall make his own choice, whether 

to serve God or not. 

b. c. 14-51.] Deut. 30. 19. I call heaven and earth to record 
this day sigainst you, that I have set before you life and 
death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both 
thou and thy seed may live. 

b. c. 1443.] Josh. 24. 15. And if it seem evil unto you to 
serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; 
whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the 
other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose 
land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the 
Lord. 21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will 
serve the Lord. 22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are 
witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the 
Lord, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 3. 31. Envy thou not the oppressor, and 
choose none of his ways. 

b. c. 906.] 1 Kings 18. 21. And Elijah came unto all the 
people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? 
if the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal, then follow him. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 66. 3. They have chosen their own ways, 
and their soul delighteth in their abomination. 

a. d. 29. J John 6. 66. From that time many of his disciples 
went back, and walked no more with him. 67 Then said 
Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? 68 Then Simon 
Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast 
the words of eternal life. 

A. d. 63.] Heb. 11. 24. By faith Moses, when he was come 
to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 
25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, 
than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; 2(i Esteeming 
the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in 
Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward. 

§311. Every one who chooses to do his will shall know 
that the doctrines of Jesus are of God, but the 
natural man cannot know them^ because they are 
spiritually discerned. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 28. 5. Evil men understand not judg- 
ment : but they that seek the Lord understand all things. 



166 Man — How to Undeestand the Gospel. [§ 311. 

b. c. 539.] Psa. 25. 14. The secret of the Lord is with them 
that fear him; and he will show them his covenant. 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 11. 25. At that time Jesus answered and 
said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, be- 
cause thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, 
and hast revealed them unto babes. 

Matt. 13. 10. And the disciples came, and said unto him, 
Why speakest thou unto them in parables? " He answered 
and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the 
mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not 
given. 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he 
shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from 
him shall be taken away even that he hath. 13 Therefore 
speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; 
and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 
11 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias,. which saith, 
By heaiing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and see- 
ing ye shall see, and shall not perceive : 15 For this people's 
heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and 
their eyes they have closed ; lest at any time they should see 
with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand 
with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal 
them. 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your 
ears, for they hear. • 

A. d. 27.] John 3. 3. Jesus answered and said unto him, 
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, 
he cannot see the kingdom of God. 

a. d. 28.] Matt. 16. 17. And Jesus answered and said unto 
him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood 
hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in 
heaven. 

a. d. 29.~\ John 7. 17. If any man will* do his will, he shall 
know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak 
of myself. 

John 16. 13. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, 
he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of 
himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: 
and he will show you things to come. 14 He shall glorify me: 
for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 2. 6. Howbeit we speak wisdom among 
them that are perfect : yet not the wisdom of this world, nor 
of the princes of this world, that come to nought : 7 But we 
speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wis- 
dom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory ; 

8 Which none of the princes of this world knew : for had they 
known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 

9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither 

* Choose to do. 



§ 312-314.] Man — Faith and Confession. 167 

have entered into the heart of man, the things which God 
hath prepared for them that love him. 10 But God hath re- 
vealed them unto us by his Spirit : for the Spirit searcheth all 
things, yea, the deep things of God. 12 Now we have received, 
not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God ; 
that we might know the things that are freely given to us of 
God. M Which things also we speak, not in the words which 
man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; 
comparing spiritual things with spiritual.. 14 But the natural 
man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God ; for they 
are foolishness unto him : neither can he know them, because 
they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spiritual judg- 
eth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 

§ 312. It is impossible to please God, unless we believe 

Him. 

B. c. 896.] 2 Chron. 20. 20. Believe in the Lord your God, 
so shall ye be established ; believe his prophets, so shall ye 
prosper. 

b. c. 444-1 P sa - H9- 66. Teach me good judgment and knowl- 
edge : for I have believed thy commandments. 

a. d. 29.] Mark 11. 22. And Jesus answering saith unto 
them, Have faith in God. 

a. d. 61.] James 2. 19. Thou believest that there is one 
God ; thou doest well. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 11. 6. But without faith it is impossible to 
please him : for he that cometh to God must believe that he 
is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. 

§ 313. Faith in Christ, and confession of Him before 
men, are Necessary to Salvation. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 10. 32. Whosoever therefore shall confess 
me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which 
is in heaven. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 10. 9. That if thou shalt confess with thy 
mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that 
God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness ; and 
with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. u For the 
Scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be 
ashamed. 

§ 314. If we deny Him, he will deny its. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 10. 33. But whosoever shall deny me before 
men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in 
heaven. 



168 Man — Christian Assurance. [§ 315 ^ 

a. -D.27.] Luke 12. 9. But he that denieth me before men 
shall be denied before the angels of God. 

A. d. 60.] 2 Peter 2. 1. But there were false prophets also 
among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among 
you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even deny- 
ing the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves 
swift destruction. 

a. d. 65.] 2 Tim. 2. 12. If we deny him, he also will 
deny us. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 2. 23. Whosoever denieth the Son, the 
same hath not the Father. 

§ 315. The Evidences of Christianity are sufficient to 

give Assurance. 

A. d. 27.] John 4. 42. We have heard him ourselves, and 
know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the 
w T orld. 

A. d. 28.] John 6. 69. And we believe and are sure that 
thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. 

A. d. 29.] John 16. 30. Now are we sure that thou knowest 
all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee : by 
this we believe that thou earnest forth from God. 

Acts 2. 36. Therefore let all the house of Israel know as- 
suredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have 
crucified, both Lord and Christ. 

A. d.52.] 1 Thess. 1. 5. For our gospel came not unto you 
in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and 
in much assurance. 

A. d. 53.] Acts 17. 31. Because he hath appointed a day, 
in the which he will judge the world in righteousness 
by that man whom he hath ordained ; whereof he hath given 
assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the 
dead. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 4. 9. For we say that faith was reckoned 
to Abraham for righteousness. 20 He staggered not at the 
promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, 
giving glory to God ; 21 And being fully persuaded that 
what he had promised, he was able also to perform. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 2. 2. That their hearts might be comforted, 
being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full 
assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the 
mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ. 

a. d. 65.] 2 Tim. 3. 14. But continue thou in the things 
which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing 
of whom thou hast learned them. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 3. 19. And hereby we enow that we are 
of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 



§316,317.] Man — Steadfastness and Teust. 169 

§ 316. Stand fast in the Faith. 

a. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 3. 8. For now we live, if ye stand fast in 
the Lord. 

2 Thess. 2. 15. Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the 
traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or 
our epistle. 

a. d. 56.1 1 Cor. 16. 13. "Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, 
quit you like men, be strong. 

a. d. 57.1 ^ Cor. 13. 5. Examine yourselves, whether ye be 
in the faith; prove your own selves. 

a. d. 61.1 Eph. 6. 16. Above all, taking the shield of faith, 
wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the 
wicked. 

a. d. 62.1 Col. 1. 21. And you, that were sometime alien- 
ated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath 
he reconciled 22 In the body of his flesh through death, to 
present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his 
sight: 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, 
and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye 
have heard. 

Col. 2. 6. As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the 
Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and 
stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding 
therein with thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest any man spoil you 
through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of 
men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. 

a. d. 63.1 Heb. 10. 23. Let us hold fast the profession of our 
faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised. 

a. d. 65.1 1 Tim - 6 - 13 - Fight the good fight of faith, lay 
hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast 
professed a good profession before many witnesses. 

Titus 1. 13. Eebuke them sharply, that they may be sound 
in the faith. 

2 Tim. 1. 13. Hold fast the form of sound words, which 
thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ 
Jesus. 

§317. Cast all burdens and cares on the JLord, and 

trust Sim. 

b. c. 1023.1 P sa - 4. 5. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, 
and put your trust in the Lord. 

b. c. 1033.1 ? sa - 55. 22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, 
and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous 
to be moved. 

Psa. 62. 8. Trust in him at all times ; ye people, pour out 
your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. 



170 • Man— L6ve to God. [§318. 

B. c. 1000.] Prov. 3. 5. Trust in the Lord with all thine 
heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all 
thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 

b. c, 712.] Isa. 26. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, 
whose mind is stayed on thee : because he trust eth in thee. 
* Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is 
everlasting strength. 

Isa. 50. 10. Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that 
obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, 
and hath no light ? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and 
stay upon his God. 

b. c. 539.] Psa. 37. 3. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so 
shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 
4 Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the 
desires of thine heart. 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust 
also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. "And he shall 
bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment 
as the noonday. 7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for 
him: fret not thyself because of him who. prospereth in his 
way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. 
8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath : fret not thyself in any 
wise to do evil. 9 For evil doers shall be cut off: but those 
that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 1. 9. But we had the sentence of death in 
ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God 
which raiseth the dead. 

A. d. 60.] 1 Pet. 5. 6. Humble yourselves therefore under 
the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 
7 Casting all your care upon him ; for he careth for you. 

§ 318. Love to God. 

B.C. 1451.] Deut. 6. 4. Hear, Israel: The Lord our God 
is one Lord: B And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all 
thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 

Deut. 10. 12. And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God 
require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all 
his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God 
with all thy heart and with all thy soul. 13 To keep the com- 
mandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command 
thee this day for thy good ? 

Deut. 11. 13. And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken 
diligently unto my commandments, which I command you 
this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all 
your heart and with all your soul, u That I will give you the 
rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter 
rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and 
thine oil. le Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not 



319.] 



Man — Fear of God. 171 



deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and wor- 
ship them. 

b. c. 14-51.] Deut. 30. 15. See, I have set before thee this day- 
life and good, and death and evil ; 16 In that I command thee 
this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and 
to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judg- 
ments, that thou mayest live and multiply. 

b. c. 1443.] Josh. 22. 5. But take diligent heed to do the 
commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the 
Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in 
all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave 
unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all 
your soul. 

b. c. 1060.] Psa. 31. 23. Oh love the Lord, all ye his saints: 
for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth 
the proud doer. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 22. 37. Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love 
the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, 
and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great com- 
mandment. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 1. 4. According as he hath chosen us in him 
before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy 
and without blame before him in love. % 

a. d. 65.] Jude 21. Keep yourselves in the love of God, 
looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal 
life. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 4. 19. "We love him, because he first 
loved us. 

§ 319. Mar of God. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 6. 13. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, 
and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. 24 And the Lord 
commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our 
God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as 
it is at this day. 

Deut. 10. 12. Anct now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy 
God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in 
all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God 
with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 13 To keep the com- 
mandments of the Lord,. and his statutes, which I command 
thee this day for thy good ? 

b. c. 144S.] Josh. 24. 14. Now therefore fear the Lord, and 
serve him in sincerity and in truth. 

b. c. 1095.] 1 Sam. 12. 24. Only fear the Lord, and serve 
him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great 
things he hath done for you. 

b. c. 1044-] P sa - 22. 23. Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; 



172 Man— Fear of God. [§320. 

all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him ; and fear him, all ye the 
seed of Israel. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 23. 17. Let not thine heart envy sinners; 
but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. 

b. c. 977.] Eccl. 3. 14. I know that, whatsoever God doeth, 
it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing 
taken from it : and God doeth it, that men should fear before 
him. 

Eccl. 12. 13. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole mat- 
ter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the 
whole duty of man. 14 For God shall bring every work into 
judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or 
whether it be evil. 

b. c. 742.] Isa. 8. 13. Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; 
and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. 

b. c. 612.] Jer. 5. 22. Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: 
will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the 
sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it 
cannot pass it : and though the waves thereof toss themselves, 
yet can they not prevail ; though they roar, yet can they not 
pass over it ? 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 10. 28. And fear not them which kill the 
body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him 
which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 12. 28. Whereby we may serve God accept- 
ably with reverence and godly fear. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 14. 7. Fear God, and give glory to him; for 
the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that 
made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of 
waters. 

§ 320. The Fear of the Lord is Wisdom, and by it men 

depart from Evil. 

b. c. 1520.] Job 28. 28. And unto man he said, Behold, the 
fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is 
understanding. 

b. c. 1015.] Psn. 19. 9. The fear of the Lord is clean, en- 
during for ever. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 1. 7. The fear of the Lord is the begin- 
ning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 

Prov. 3. 7. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, 
and depart from evil. 

Prov. 8. 13. The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, 
and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do 
I hate. 

Prov. 9. 10. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wis- 
dom: and the knowledge of the Holy is understanding. 



§ 321, 322.] Man to Reverence and Seek God. 173 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 15. 33. The fear of the Lord is the instruc- 
tion of wisdom ; and before honour is humility. 

Prov. 16. 6. By mercy and truth iniquity is purged : and 
by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 7. 1. Having therefore these promises, 
dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of 
the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 

§ 321. Reverence God. 

b. c. 539.] Psa. 89. 7. God is greatly to be feared in the as- 
sembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them 
that are about him. 

b. c. 536.] Psa. 111. 9. He sent redemption unto his people: 
he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend 
is his name. 

a. d. 63. ~\ Heb. 12. 28. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom 
which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may 
serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 

§ 322. Seek God. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 4. 29. But if from thence thou shalt seek 
the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with 
all thy heart and with all thy soul. 

b c. 1060.] Psa. 34. 10. The young lions do lack, and suf- 
fer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any 
good thing. 

b. c. 1041.] Psa. 105. 4. Seek the Lord, and his strength: 
seek his face evermore. 

b. c. 1017.] 1 Chron. 22. 19. Now set your heart and your 
soul to seek the Lord your God. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 69. 32. Your heart shall live that seek 
God. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 8. 17. I love them that love me; and 
those that seek me early shall find me. 

b. c. 787.] Amos 5. 4. For thus saith the Lord unto the 
house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live. 8 Seek him that 
maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of 
death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: 
that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out 
upon the face of the earth : The Lord is his name. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 55. 6. Seek ye the Lord while he may be 
found, call ye upon him while he is near. 

b. c. 444-] Psa. 119. 2. Blessed are they that keep his testi- 
monies, and that seek him with the whole heart. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 6. 33. But seek ye first the kingdom of 
God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be 
added unto you. 



174 Man to Woeship God. [§323. 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 7. 7. Ask, and it shall be given you ; seek, 
and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 
8 For every one that asketh receiveth ; and he that seeketh 
findeth ; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 11. 6. But without faith it is impossible to 
please him : for he that cometh to God must believe that he 
is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. 

§ 323. Worship God. 

b. c. lOJf-Jf.] Psa. 22. 27. All the ends of the world shall re- 
member and turn unto the Lord : and all the kindreds of the 
nations shall worship before thee. 

B. c. 1015.] Psa. 86. 9. All nations whom thou hast made 
shall come and worship before thee, O Lord ; and shall glorify 
thy name. 

Psa. 95. 6. come, let us worship and bow down: let us 
kneel before the Lord our maker. 

b. c. 1004.] Psa. 99. 5. Exalt ye the Lord our God, and wor- 
ship at his footstool ; for he is holy. 

b. c. 775.] 2 Kings 17. 36. But the Lord, who brought you 
up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched 
out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to 
him shall ye do sacrifice. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 66. 23. And it shall come to pass, that from 
one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, 
shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord. 

b. c. 630. ~] Zeph. 2. 11. And men shall worship him, every 
one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 4. 10. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee 
hence, Satan : for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord 
thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 

John 4. 23. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true 
worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth ; 
for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a 
Spirit : and they that worship him must worship him in spirit 
and in truth. 

a. r>. 60.] Acts 24. 14. But this I confess unto thee, that 
after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of 
my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law 
and in the prophets. 

a. d. 62.] Phil. 3. 3. For we are the circumcision, which 
worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and 
have no confidence in the flesh. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 14. 6. Worship him that made heaven, and 
earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." 

Rev. 15. 4. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify 
thy uame ? for thou only art holy : for all nations shall come 



§ 324, 325.] Man — Peayee. 175 

and worship before thee ; for thy judgments are made mani- 
fest. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 22. 8. And I John saw these things, and heard 
them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship 
before the feet of the angel which showed me these things. 
9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not : for I am thy fel- 
low servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them 
which keep the sayings of this book : worship God. 

§ 324. Pray loithout Ceasing. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 6. 5. And when thou prayest, thou shalt 
not be as the hypocrites are : for they love to pray standing 
in the synagogues and in the" corners of the streets, that they 
may be seen of men. 

a. d. 29.] Luke 18. 1. And he spake a parable unto them to 
this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint. 

Luke 21. 36. Watch ye therefore, and pray always. 

Matt. 26. 41. Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temp- 
tation. 

a. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 5. 17. Pray without ceasing. 18 In every 
thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus 
concerning you. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 12. 12. Continuing instant in prayer. 

A. d. 60.] 1 Pet. 4. 7. But the end of all things is at hand : 
be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 6. 18. Praying always with all prayer and 
supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all 
perseverance and supplication for all saints; 19 And for me, 
that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my 
mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 2. 8. I will therefore that men pray every 
where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. 

§ 325. Pray to God, and do it in the name of the Lord 

Jesus. 

b. c. 1023.] Psa. 62. 5. My soul, wait thou only upon God; 
for my expectation is from him. 8 Trust in him at all times ; 
ye people, pour out your heart before him : God is a refuge 
for us. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 43. 26. Put me in remembrance: let us 
plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. 

b. c. 588.] Lam. 3. 41. Let us lift up our heart with our 
hands unto God in the heavens. 

a. d. 29.] John 14. 13. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my 
name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the 
Son. 14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. 



176 Man — Prayer. [§326,327. 

a. d. 29.] John 15. 16. Ye have not chosen me, but I have 
chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring 
forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that what- 
soever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it 
you. 

John 16. 23. And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the 
Father in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto have ye 
asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that 
your joy may be full. 

a. d. 62.] Phil. 4. 6. Be careful for nothing; but in every- 
thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your 
requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, 
which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and 
minds through Christ Jesus. 

Col. 3. 17. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in 
the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the 
Father by him. 

§ 326. If we do not ask according to God's will ice do 

not receive. 

A. d. 29.] Matt. 20. 20. Then came to him the mother of 
Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping Mm, and de- 
siring a certain thing of him. 21 And he said unto her, What 
wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons 
may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, 
in thy kingdom. 22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know 
not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall 
drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am bap- 
tized with? They say unto him, We are able. "And he 
saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be 
baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit 
on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it 
shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. 

a. d. 61.] James 4. 3. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye 
ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 

§ 327. If we ask according to His will, and believe, we 

receive whatever we ask. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 7. 7. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, 
and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 
8 For every one that asketh receiveth ; and he that seeketh 
findeth ; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or 
what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he 
give him a' stone ? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a 
serpent? " If ye then, being evil, know how to give good 



§328.] Man — Prayer. 177 

gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father 
which is in heaven give good things to them that ask hini? 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 21. 22. And all things, whatsoever ye shall 
ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. 

a. d. 61.] James 5. 16. The effectual fervent prayer of a 
righteous man availeth much. " Elias was a man subject to 
like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might 
not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three 
years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the 
heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. 

A. d. 69.] 1 John 3. 22. And whatsoever we ask, we receive 
of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those 
things that are pleasing in his sight. 23 And this is his com- 
mandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son 
Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us command- 
ment. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 5. 14. And this is the confidence that we 
have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, 
he heareth us. 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatso- 
ever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we de- 
sired of him. 

§ 328. Do not make vain repetitions when praying, 
neither use an unknown language. 

b. c. 977.] Eccl. 5. 1. Keep thy foot when thou goest to 
the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the 
sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. 
2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty 
to utter any thing before God : for God is in heaven, and 
thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few. 

b. c. 725.] Hos. 14. 2. Take with you words, and turn to 
the Lord : say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us 
graciously : so will we render the calves of our lips. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 6. 5. And when thou prayest, thou shalt 
not be as the hypocrites are : for they love to pray standing 
in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they 
may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their 
reward. 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, 
and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which 
is in secret ; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward 
thee openly. 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, 
as the heathen do : for they think that they shall be heard 
for their much speaking. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them : 
for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before 
ye ask him. 

b. c. 56. ] 1 Cor. 14. 14. For if I pray in an unknown tongue, 
my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. 15 What 



178 Man — Showing forth God's Praise. [§ 329, 330. 

is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with 
the understanding also : I will sing with the spirit, and I will 
sing with the understanding also. 19 Yet in the church I had 
rather speak five words with rny understanding, that by my 
voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in 
an unknown tongue. 

§ 329. After this manner therefore Pray ye. 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 6. 9. Our Father which art in heaven, Hal- 
lowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be 
done in earth, as it is in heaven. " Give us this day our daily 
bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debt- 
ors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from 
evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
for ever. Amen. 

§ 330. We are created and redeemed that we may show 
forth the glory, and praise, and kindness of God. 

b. c. 712.~] Isa. 43. 1. But now thus saith the Lord that cre- 
ated thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear 
not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; 
thou art mine. 3 I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and 
Seba for thee. 7 Even every one that is called by my name : 
for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him ; yea, 
I have made him. 21 This people have I formed for myself ; 
they shall show forth my praise. 

b. c. 538.] Psa. 102. 18. This shall be written for the gen- 
eration to come : and the people which shall be created shall 
praise the Lord. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Pet. 2. 9. But ye are a chosen generation, a 
royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people ; that ye 
should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out 
of darkness into his marvellous light. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 1. 5. Having predestinated us unto the adop- 
tion of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the 
good pleasure of his will, °To the praise of the glory of his 
grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved: 
12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first 
trusted in Christ. 

Eph. 2. 4. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love 
wherewith he loved us, 6 Even when we were dead in sins, 
hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are 
saved,) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit to- 
gether in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7 That in'the ages 
to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace, in 
his kindness toward us, through Christ Jesus. 



331,332.] Man — Witnessing for God. 179 



§ 331. God has chosen you that you may knoto, and 
believe, and understand Him, and be his Witnesses. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 43. 10. Ye are my witnesses, saith the 
Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen ; that ye may 
know and believe me, and understand that I am he : before 
me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 
11 1, even I, am the Lord ; and beside me there is no saviour. 
12 1 have declared, and have saved, and I have showed, when 
there was no strange god among you : therefore ye are my wit- 
nesses, saith the Lord, that I am God. 

Isa. 44. 8. Fear ye not, neither be afraid : have not I told 
thee from that time, and have declared it t ye are even my 
witnesses. Is there a God beside me ? yea, there is no God ; 

1 know not any. 

§332. Tell what God has done for you: speak often 
one to another, exhorting one another. 

b. c. 1044-] P sa - 105. 1. Oh give thanks unto the Lord; call 
upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. 

2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him : talk ye of all his 
wondrous works. 3 Glory ye in his holy name : let the heart 
of them rejoice that seek the Lord. 

Psa. 51. 15. O Lord, open -thou my lips; and my mouth 
shall show forth thy praise. 

b. c. 535.] Psa. 66. 16. Come and hear, all ye that fear 
God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. 

b. c. 397.] Mai. 3. 16. Then they that feared the Lord spake 
often one to another : and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, 
and a book of remembrance was written before him for them 
that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. 17 And 
they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when 
I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth 
his own son that serveth him. 

a. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 4. 18. Wherefore comfort one another 
with these words. 

1 Thess. 5. 11. Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and 
edify one another, even as also ye do. 14 jSTow we exhort you, 
brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feeble- 
minded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 3. 13. But exhort one another daily, while 
it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the 
deceitfulness of sin. 

Heb. 13; 16. But to do good and to communicate forget 
not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 
9 



180 Man — Singing and Praising. [§333. 

§ 333. Sing unto God in psalms and hymns and 
spiritual songs, with thanksgiving and praise in tJie 
name of Jesus Christ. 

b. c. lOJf.1.] Psa. 106.1. Praise ye the Lord. Oh give thanks 
unto the Lord ; for he is good : for his mercy endureth for ever. 
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? who can show 
forth all his praise ? 

b. c. 1034.] Psa. 33. 1. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: 
for praise is comely for the upright. 2 Praise the Lord with 
harp : sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of 
ten strings. 3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with 
a loud noise. 

B. c. 1017.] Psa. 30. 4. Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of 
his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. 

B. c. 713.] Isa. 11. 10. And in that day there shall be a root 
of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people ; to it 
shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. 

Isa. 12. 1. And in that clay thou shalt say, O Lord, I will 
praise thee : though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is 
turned away, and thou eomfortedst me. 2 Behold, God is my 
salvation ; I will trust, and not be afraid : for the Lord JE- 
HOVAH is my strength and my song ; he also is become my 
salvation. 3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of 
the wells of salvation. 4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise 
the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the 
people, make mention that his name is exalted. 5 Sing unto 
the Lord; for he hath done excellent things: this is known 
in all the earth. 6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: 
for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. 

B. c. 712.] Isa. 42. 10. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and 
his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the 
sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants 
thereof. n Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up 
their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the in- 
habitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the 
mountains. 12 Let them give glory unto the Lord, and de- 
clare his praise in the islands. 

b. c. 539.] Psa. 50. 14. Offer unto God thanksgiving; and 
pay thy vows unto the Most High. 

Psa. 92. 1. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lor$, 
and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High : - To show 
forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithful- 
ness every night, 3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and 
upon the psaltery ; upon the harp with a solemn sound. 
4 For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work : I 
will triumph in the works of thy hands. 



§ 334.] Man— -Pkaise, Thanksgiving. 181 

b. c. 515.] Psa. 149. 5. Let the saints be joyful in glory: 
let them sing aloud upon their beds. 

Psa. 150. 6. Let every thing that hath breath praise the 
Lord. Praise ye the Lord. 

A. d. 61.] Eph. 5. 19. Speaking to yourselves in psalms and 
hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in 
your heart to the Lord; 20 Giving thanks always for all things 
unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 3. 16. Let the word of Christ dwell in you 
richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another 
in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace 
in your hearts to the Lord. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 13. 15. By him therefore let us offer the 
sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our 
lips, giving thanks to his name. 

§ 334. Give thanks for food at the time of eating, and 
take care that the fragments be not wasted. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 8. 10. When thou hast eaten and art full, 
then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land 
which he hath given thee. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 62. 9. But they that have gathered it shall 
eat it, and praise the Lord. 

b. c. 690.) Joel 2. 26. Ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, 
and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt 
wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. 

a. d. 28.] Mark 8. 6. And he commanded the people to sit 
down on the ground : and he took the seven loaves, and gave 
thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before 
them; and they did set them before the people. 7 And they 
had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set 
them also before them. 8 So they did eat, and were filled : and 
they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. 

John 6. 11. And Jesus took the loaves ; and when he had 
given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disci- 
ples to them that were set down ; and likewise of the fishes 
as much as they would. l2 When they were filled, he said 
unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that 
nothing be lost. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 10. 31. Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, 
or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 14. 6. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, 
for he giveth God thanks. 

a. d. 62.] Acts 27. 35. And when he had thus spoken, he 
took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all ; 
and when he had broken it, he began to eat. 



182 Man — Wokship none but God. [§ 335, 336. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 4. 3. Meats, which God hath created to be 
received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know 
the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing 
to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving : 6 For it is 
sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 

§ 335. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his 

Name. 

b. c. 1044-] Psa. 22. 23. All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify 
him ; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. 

b. c. 1032.] 1 Chron. 16. 24. Declare his glory among the 
heathen ; his marvellous works among all nations. 28 Give 
unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord 
glory and strength. 2 ' J Give unto the Lord the glory due unto 
his name : bring an offering, and come before him : worship 
the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 86. 9. All nations whom thou hast made 
shall come and worship before thee, O Lord ; and shall glorify 
thy name. 10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: 
thou art God alone. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 42. 12. Let them give glory unto the Lord, 
and declare his praise in the islands. 

b. c. 535.] Psa. 115. 1. Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, 
but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy 
truth's sake. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 10. 31. "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, 
or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 

a. d. 96.] Eev. 14. 7. Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, 
and give glory to him ; for the hour of his judgment is come : 
and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea. 

Rev. 15. 4. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify 
thy name ? 

§ 336. Have no other gods before the Lord God. 

b. c. 1591.] Exod. 20. 3. Thou shalt have no other gods be- 
fore me. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 4. 19. And lest thou lift up thine eyes 
unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and 
the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to 
worship them, and serve them. 

b. c. 607.] Jer. 25. 6. And go not after other gods to serve 
them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with 
the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. 

Jer. 35. 15. I have sent also unto you all my servants the 
prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye 
now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, 



§ 337.] Man — Image Worship. 183 

and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell 
in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers. 

a. d. 27. ] Matt. 4. 10. Thou shalt worship the Lord thy 
God, and him only shalt thou serve. 

§ 337. Make no image or likeness of any thing in 
heaven or in the earth to how down to them or serve 
them. 

b. c. 1491.] Exod. 20. 4. Thou shalt not make unto thee 
any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in 
heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the 
water under the earth. B Thou shalt not bow down thyself to 
them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous 
God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children un- 
to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. 

Exod. 34. 17. Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. 

b. c. 1^90.] Lev. 19. 4. Turn ye not unto idols, nor make 
to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God. 

Lev. 26. 1. Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, 
neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up 
any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I 
am the Lord your God. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 4. 15. Take ye therefore good heed unto 
yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day 
that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the 
fire ; 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven im- 
age, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or fe- 
male, 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the 
likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, 18 The like- 
ness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of 
fish that is in the waters beneath the earth. 23 Take heed unto 
yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, 
which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or 
the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath for- 
bidden thee. 24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, 
even a jealous God. 

Deut. 16. 22. Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; 
which the Lord thy God hateth. 

Deut. 27. 15. Cursed oe the man that maketh any graven 
or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of 
the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place: 
and all the people shall answer and say, Amen. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 42. 8. I am the Lord ; that is my name: and 
my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to 
graven images. 



184 Man — Spiritualism, Oaths. [§ 338-340. 

§ 338. Use no divination, neither regard wizards nor 

necromancers. 

b. c. 1490.] Lev. 19. 31. Regard not them that have famil- 
iar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them : 
I am the Lord your God. 

Lev. 20. 6. And the soul that turneth after such as have 
familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, 
I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off 
from among his people. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 18. 10. There shall not be found among 
you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass 
through the tire, or that useth divination, or an observer of 
times, or an enchanter, or a witch, " Or a charmer, or a con- 
suiter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 
12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the 
Lord. 

b. c. 742.] Isa. 8. 19. And when they shall say unto you, 
Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards 
that peep and that mutter: should not a people seek unto 
their God ? for the living to the dead ? 20 To the law and to the 
testimony : if they speak not according to this word, it is be- 
cause there is no liffht in them. 



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§ 339. Fear God and swear only by his'name in truth, 
in judgment, and in righteousness. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 6. 13. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, 
and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. 

Deut. 10. 20. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God ; him shalt 
thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his 
name. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 65. 16. He that sweareth in the earth shall 
swear by the God of truth. 

b. c. 612.] Jer. 4. 2. And thou shalt swear, The Lord liv- 
eth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness. 

a. d. 52.] Gal. 1. 20. Now the things which I write unto 
you, behold, before God, I lie not. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 1. 9. For God is my witness. 

Rom. 9. 1. I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience 
also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost. 

§ 340. Take not the name of God in vain. 

b. c. 1491.] Exo'd. 20. 7. Thou shalt not take the name of 
the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him 
guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 



§341,342.] Man — Taking Oaths. 185 

b. c. 1490.] Lev. 19. 12. And ye shall not swear by my 
name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God : 
I am the Lord. 

Lev. 21. 1. And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the 
priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, 6 They shall be 
holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God : 
for the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of 
their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy. 

Lev. 22. 32. Neither shall ye profane my holy name ; but I 
will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the Lord 
which hallow you. 

§ 341. Swear not by any thing that God has created. 

iD,5,] Matt. 5. 33. Again, ye have heard that it hath 
been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thy- 
self, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: 34 But I 
say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven : for it is 
God's throne : 25 Nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool : 
neither b v Jerusalem ; for it is the citv of the o-reat Kins;. 3G ISTei- 
ther shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not 
make one hair white or black. 37 But let your communication 
be, Yea, yea; Xay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these 
cometh of evil. 

a. d. 29.} Matt. 23. 16. Woe unto you, ye blind guides, 
which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is noth- 
ing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he 
is a debtor ! 17 Ye fools and blind : for whether is greater, 
the gold, or the temple that sanctirieth the gold? 18 And, 
Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoso- 
ever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. 19 Ye 
fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar 
that sanctirieth the gift ? "° Whoso therefore shall swear by 
the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21 And 
whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him 
that dwelluth therein. 2 - And he that shall swear by heaven, 
sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth 
thereon. 

a. d. 61.] James 5. ]2. But above all things, my brethren, 
swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by 
any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; 
lest ye fall into condemnation. 

§ 342. Keep God's commandments, obey and serve Sim 
with a perfect heart and a willing mind. 

b. c. 149 1.] Exod. 23. 25. And ye shall serve the Lord your 
God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will 
take sickness awav from the midst of thee. 



186 Man — the Sabbath Day. [§343. 

b. o. 1451.] Deut. 10. 12. And now, Israel, what doth the 
Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God. 
to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord 
thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 13 To keep 
the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I 
command thee this day for thy good ? 

b. c. 1443.] Josh. 24. 14. Now therefore fear the Lord, and 
serve him in sincerity and in truth. 

b. c. 1015.] 1 Chron. 28. 8. Now therefore, in the sight of 
all Israel the congregation of the Lord, and in the audience 
of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the 
Lord your God : that ye may possess this good land, and leave 
it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever. 
9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy Fa- 
ther, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing 
mind : for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth 
all the imaginations of the thoughts : if thou seek him, he 
will be found of thee ; but if thou forsake him, he will cast 
thee off for ever. 

b. c. 1004.] Psa. 100. 2. Serve the Lord with gladness. 

b. c. 977.] Eccl. 12. 13. Fear God, and keep his command- 
ments; for this is the whole duty of man. 

B. c. 610.] Jer. 7. 23. Obey my voice, and I will be your 
God, and ye shall be my people : and walk ye in all the ways 
that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. 

b. c. 593.] Ezek. 20. 19. I am the Lord your God; walk in 
my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them. 

A. d. 29.] Matt. 19. 17. If thou wilt enter into life, keep the 
commandments. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 7. 19. Circumcision is nothing, and uncir- 
cumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments 
of God. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 6. 6. Doing the will of God from the heart. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 12. 28. Let us have grace, whereby we may 
serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 

§ 343. Keep the sabbath as a day of holy convocation in 
tohich to worship God, and of rest from all servile 
[secular] labor. 

b. c. 4004.] Gen. 2. 2. And on the seventh day God ended 
his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh 
day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed 
the seventh day, and sanctified it : because that in it he had 
rested from all his work which God created and made. 

b. c. 1491.] Exod. 20. 8. Eemember the sabbath day, to 
keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy 
work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy 



§ 344. J Man — the Sabbath Day. 187 

God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, 
nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor 
thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: "For 
in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all 
that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the 
Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 

b. c. lJ/Sl.] Exod. 31.13. Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: 
for it is a sign between me and you throughout your genera- 
tions ; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify 
you. 15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the 
sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord. 17 It is a sign between me 
and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord 
made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and 
was refreshed. 

Exod. 34. 21. Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh 
day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt 
rest. 

b. c. 1490.] Lev, 19. 30. Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and 
reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord. 

Lev. 23. 3. Six days shall work be done ; but the seventh 
day is the sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no 
work therein; it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings. 

b. c. 611.] Jer. 17. 21. Thus saith the Lord: Take heed to 
yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring 
it iu by the gates of Jerusalem; 22 Neither carry forth a bur- 
den out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any 
work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your 
fathers. 

b. c. 591.] Ezek. 20. 12. Moreover also I gave them my 
sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might 
know that I am the Lord that sanctify them. 

Ezek. 46. 3. Likewise the people of the land shall worship 
at the door of this gate before the Lord in the sabbaths and 
in the new moons. 

§ 344. On the sabbath day the word of God is to be read 
in the congregation, and the Gospel preached. 

a. d, 27. ~\ Mark 6. 2. And when the sabbath day was come, 
he began to teach in the synagogue. 

Luke 4, 16. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been 
brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the syna- 
gogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. 21 And 
he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled 
in your ears. 22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at 
the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. 31 And 
came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them 
on the sabbath days. 
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188 Man — the Sabbath Day. [§345. 

A. D. b&.~\ Acts 13. 14. But when they departed from Perga, 
they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue 
on the sabbath day, and sat down. 15 And after the reading 
of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent 
unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if he have any word 
of exhortation for the people, say on. 16 Then Paul stood up, 
and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that 
fear God, give audience. 42 And when the Jews were gone 
out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words 
might be preached to them the next sabbath. 44 And the 
next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear 
the word of God. 

a. d. 53.] Acts 16. 13. And on the sabbath day we went 
out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be 
made ; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which 
resorted thither. 

Acts 17. 1. Now when they had passed through Amphipolis 
and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a syna- 
gogue of the Jews. 2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in 
unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of 
the Scriptures. 3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must 
needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that 
this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. 

Acts 18. 1. After these things Paul departed from Athens, 
and came to Corinth. 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue 
every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 

§ 345. The sabbath was made for man : in it works of 
mercy and of necessity are to be done. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 12. 1. At that time Jesus went on the sab- 
bath day through the corn; and his disciples were ahungered, 
and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 2 But when 
the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples 
do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. 

3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, 
when he was ahungered, and they that were with him; 

4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the show- 
bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them 
which were with him, but only for the priests ? 5 Or have ye 
not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests 
in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless ? c But 
I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the tem- 
ple. 7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have 
mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the 
guiltless. 8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath 
day. 9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their 
synagogue ; 10 And, behold, there was a man which had his 



345.] 



Man — the Sabbath Day . 189 



hand withered* And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to 
heal on the sabbath days ? that they might accuse him. 

11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among 
you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the 
sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? 
18 How much then is a man better than a sheep ? Wherefore it 
is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. 1£> Then saith he to 
the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth : 
and it was restored whole, like as the other. 15 He withdrew 
himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and 
he healed them all. 

a. ~d.29.] Luke 13. 10. And he was teaching in one of the 
synagogues on the sabbath. " And, behold, there was a 
woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and 
w T as bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. 

12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him. and said unto 
her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. 13 And he 
laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, 
and glorified God. 14 And the ruler of the synagogue an- 
swered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on 
the sabbath day. 15 The Lord then answered him, and said, 
Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath 
day loose his ox of 7iis ass from the stall, and lead him away 
to watering? 1C And ought not this woman, being a daugh- 
ter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen 
years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day ? 17 And 
when he had said these things, all his adversaries were 
ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious 
things that were done by him. 

Luke 14. 1. And it came to pass, as he went into the house 
of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, 
that they watched him. 2 And, behold, there was a certain 
man before him which had the dropsy. 3 And Jesus answering, 
spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, is it lawful to 
heal on the sabbath day? 4 And they held their peace. And he 
took Mm, and healed him, and let him go; 5 And answered 
them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into 
a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day? 

a. d. 29, ~\ 'John 5. 5. And a certain man was there, which 
had an infirmity thirty and eight years. 6 When Jesus saw 
him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in tJiat 
case, lie saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? 7 The im- 
potent man answered him. Sir, I have no man, when the water is 
troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, an- 
other steppeth down before me. 8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, 
take up thy bed, and walk. 9 And immediately the man was 
made whole, and took up his bed, and walked : and on the 
same day was the sabbath. 



190 Man — Baptism. [§ 346-348. 

§ 346. It is right to be Baptized, that we may fulfil all 
righteousness, and have a good conscience toward 
God. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 3. 13. Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to 
Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14 But John for- 
bade him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and 
comest thou to me? 16 And Jesus answering said unto him, 
Suffer it to be so now : for thus it becomeni us to fulfil all 
righteousness. Then he suffered him. 

A. d. 60.] 1 Pet. 3. 21. The like figure whereunto even bap- 
tism doth also now save us, (not the putting away of the filth 
of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) 
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 

§ 347. Believers must be Baptized in the name of the 
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 

A. D. 27.] John 3. 5. Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say 
unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, 
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. $8. 18. All power is given unto me in 
heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, 
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost. 

Mark 16, 16. He that believeth and is baptized shall be 
saved : but he that believeth not shall be damned. 



§ 348. In the time of the apostles believers were Bap- 
tized. 

a. d. 29.] Acts 2. 38. Then Peter said unto them, Repent, 
and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ 
for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the 
Holy Ghost. 41 Then they that gladly received his word were 
baptized : and the same day there were added unto them 
about three thousand souls. 

a. d. 33.] Acts 8. 12. But when they believed Philip preach- 
ing the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name 
of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. 
13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was bap- 
tized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the 
miracles and signs which were done. 3C And as they went on 
their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch, 
said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? 
37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou 
mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ 



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is the Son of God. 38 And he commanded the chariot to stand 
still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip 
and the eunuch ; and he baptized him. 

A. d. 33.] Acts 9. 17. And Ananias went his way, and en- 
tered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, 
Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee 
in the way as thou earnest, hath sent me, that thou mightest 
receive, thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. 18 And 
immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales : and 
lie received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized. 

a. d. J±l.] Acts 10.47. Can any man forbid water, that these 
should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost 
as well as we? 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in 
the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain 
days. 

A. d. 53.] Acts 16. 14. And a certain woman named Lydia, 
a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped 
God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened, that she at- 
tended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. 15 And 
when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, 
saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, 
come into my house, and abide tliere. And she constrained 
us. 33 And he [the jailer] took them the same hour of the 
night, and washed their stripes ; and was baptized, he and all 
his, straightway. 

a. d. 56.] Acts 19. 3. And he said unto them, Unto what 
then were ye baptized ? And they said, Unto John's baptism. 

4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of re- 
pentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on 
him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 

5 When they heard thin, they were baptized in the name of the 
Lord Jesus. 

§ 349. Eat bread and drink the fruit of the vine in 
Remembrance of Christ, and to show his Death till 
he Gome. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 26. 26. And as they were eating, Jesus took 
bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disci- 
ples, and said, Take, eat : this is my body, 27 And he took 
the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink 
ye all of it ; ' 28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which 
is shed for many for the remission of sins. 2J But I say unto 
you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until 
that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's 
kingdom. 

Luke 22, 19. This do in remembrance of me. 

Mark 14. 23. And they all drank of it. 



192 Man — Lord's Supper. [§350,351. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 11. 23. For I have received of the Lord 
that which also I delivered unto yon, That the Lord Jesus, the 
same night in which he was betrayed, took bread: 24 And 
when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat; 
this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remem- 
brance of me. 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, 
when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in 
my blood : this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance 
of me. 26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this 
cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come. 

§ 350. When eating and drinking in Remembrance of 
Christy do it not to the satisfying of the appetite, but 
toait one for another: and if any man hunger, let 
him eat at home : that ye come not together unto 
condemnation. 

A. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 10. 16. The cup of blessing which we bless, 
is it not the communion of the blood of Christ ? The bread 
which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ ? 
21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils : 
ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of 
devils. 

1 Cor. 11. 20. When ye come together therefore into one 
place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. aa What ! have ye 
not houses to eat and to drink in ? or despise ye the church 
of God, and shame them that have not ? What shall I say to 
you ? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. 2T Where- 
fore, whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the 
Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of 
the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him 
eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29 For he that eat- 
etli and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation 
to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 33 Wherefore, my 
brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. 
84 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home : that ye come 
not together unto condemnation. 

§ 351. It is the custom of believers to Fast, 

a. d. J+5.] Acts 13. 2. As they ministered to the Lord, and 
fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul 
for the work whereunto I have called them. 3 And when they 
had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they 
sent them away. 

Acts 14. 23. And when they had ordained them elders in 
every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended 
them to the Lord, on whom they believed. 



352,353.] Man— Fasting. 19 



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a - , d. 56.] 1 Cor. 7. 5. That ye may give yourselves to fast- 
ing and prayer. 

§ 352. When you fast and pray, cease from all wick- 
edness and oppression, and help those in need ; but 
do it not to be seen of men, but of God only. 

b. c. 712.] Isn. 58. 3. Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and 
thou seest not ? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou 
takest no knowledge ? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find 
pleasure, and exact all your labours. 4 Behold, ye fast for 
strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye 
shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard 
on high. 5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a 
man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bul- 
rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou 
call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord ? 6 Is not 
this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wick- 
edness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go 
free, and that ye break every yoke ? 7 Is it not to deal thy 
bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that 
are cast. out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that 
thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from thine 
own flesh ? 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morn- 
ing, and thine health shall spring forth speedily; and thy 
righteousness shall go before thee ; the glory of the Lord shall 
be thy rearward. 9 Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall 
answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou 
take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth 
of the finger, and speaking vanity ; 10 And if thou draw out 
thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul ; then 
shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the 
noonday: ll And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and 
satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and 
thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, 
whose waters fail not. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 6. 16. Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the 
hypocrites, of a sad countenance : for they disfigure their faces, 
that they may appear unto men to fast, Verily 1 say unto you, 
They have their reward. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, 
anoint thine head, and w 7 ash thy face; 18 That thou appear 
not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret : 
and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 

§ 353. Take heed lest you be overcharged with surfeit- 
ing and drunkenness. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 29. 19. And it come to pass, when he 
heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in 



194 Man — Drunkenness. [§ 354. 

his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in 'the 
imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: 20 The 
Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and 
his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses 
that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the 
Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven. 

b. c. 1000.'] Prov. 20. 1. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is 
raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. 

Prov. 23. 29. Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath 
contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without 
cause? who hath redness of eyes? 80 They that tarry long at the 
wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine. S1 Look not thou upon 
the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, 
when it moveth itself aright. 82 At the last it biteth like a 
serpent, and stingeth like an adder. 

b. c. 760.] Isa. 5. 11. Woe unto them that rise up early in 
the morning, that they may follow strong drink : that continue 
until night, till wine inflame them! 12 And the harp and 
the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: 
but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider 
the operation of his hands. 22 Woe unto them that are mighty 
to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink. 

b. c. 712. ] Isa, 56. 12. Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, 
and we will fill ourselves with strong drink: and to-morrow 
shall be as this day, and much more abundant. 

a. d. 29.1 Luke 21. 34. And take heed to yourselves, lest at 
any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and 
drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day ccme upon 
you unawares. 

A. d. 52.] Gal. 5. 21. Drunkenness, revellings, and such like: 
of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time 
past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the 
kingdom of God. 

A. d. 58.] Rom. 13. 13. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; 
not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wan- 
tonness, not in strife and envying. 14 But put ye on the Lord 
Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil 
the lusts thereof. 

a. d. 61.~\ Eph. 5. 18. And be not drunk with wine, wherein 
is excess ; but be filled with the Spirit, 

§ 354. Associate not ivith wine drinkers and drunkards, 
nor with gluttonous persons. 

B. c. 1000.] Prov. 23. 20. Be not among winebibbers ; among 
riotous eaters of flesh. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 5. 11. But now I have written unto you not 
to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a 



§ 355-357.] Man — Controlling the Appetites. 195 

fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunk- 
ard, or an extortioner ; with such a one no not to eat. 

§ 355. JBe sober, temperate in all things, and keep the 
appetites of the body in subjection. 

a. d. 52. ~\ 1 Thess. 5. 6. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others ; 
but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep in 
the night ; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 
8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 9. 25. And every man that striveth for the 
mastery # is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain 
a corruptible crown ; but we an incorruptible. 27 But I keep 
under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any 
means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a 
castaway. 

a. d. 58.] Bom. 8. 13. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall 
die; but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the 
body, ye shall live. 

a.d.62.] Col. 3. 5. Mortify therefore your members which 
are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affec- 
tion, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 

a. d. 65.] Titus 2. 2. That the aged men be sober, grave, 
temperate. 

§ 356. Do not give strong drink to another person. 

b. c. 600.] Hab. 2. 15. Woe unto him that giveth his neigh- 
bour drink, that puttest thy bottle to Mm, and makest Mm 
drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness ! 

§ 357. Whoever defiles the body God will destroy, for 
it is the temple of the Holy Ghost : therefore glorify 
God in your body, loliich is God's. 

A. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 3. 16. Know ye not that ye are the temple 
of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ? "If any 
man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy ; for the 
temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. 

1 Cor. 6. 9. Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idol- 
aters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves 
with mankind: 10 Kor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, 
nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of 
God. 12 All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought 
under the power of any. 13 Meats for the belly, and the belly 
for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the 
body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord 
for the body. 15 Know ye not that your bodies are the mem- 
bers of Christ ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and 



196 Man — Doing Evil. [§358,359. 

make them the members of a harlot? God forbid. 19 What ! 
know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost 
which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your 
own ? 20 For ye are bought with a price : therefore glorify 
God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. 

a. d.56.] 1 Cor. 10. 31. Whether therefore you eat, or drink, 
or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 6. 13. Neither yield ye your members as 
instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves 
unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your 
members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 

§ 358. Do no evil, and abstain from all appearance 

of it. 

b. c. 1491.] Exod. 23. 2. Thou shalt not follow a multitude 
to do evil. 

b. c. 712.] Is;t. 56. 2. Blessed is the man that doeth this, 
and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the 
sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing 
any evil. 

b. c. 539. ] Psa. 37. 8. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: 
fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 9 For evil doers shall 
be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall in- 
herit the earth. lu For yet a little while, and the wicked shall 
not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it 
shall not be. 

a. D. 52. \ 1 Thess. 5. 22. Abstain from all appearance of evil. 

a. d. 57. J 2 Cor. 13. 7. Now I pray to God that ye do no 
evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should 
do that which is honest. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Pet. 3. 10. For he that will love life, and see 
good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips 
that they speak no guile. " Let him eschew evil, and do 
good ; let him seek peace, and ensue it. 12 For the eyes of 
the Lord are over the righteous* and his ears are open unto 
their prayers : but the face of the Lord is against them that 
do evil. 13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be follow- 
ers of that which is good ? 

1 Pet. 4. 15. But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as 
a thief, or as an evil doer, or as a busybody in other men's 
matters. 

§ 359. /Strive to give no offence, neither to believers nor to 
unbelievers, and abstain from any thing whereby a 
brother may stumble or be offended. 

a. d. 28.] Matt. 17. 24. And when they were come to Caper- 
naum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and 



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Man — Meekness. 197 



said, Doth not your master pay tribute ? 25 He saith, Yes. 
And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, 
saying, What thinkest thou, Simon ? of whom do the kings 
of the earth take custom or tribute ? of their own children, or 
of strangers ? 2G Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus 
saith unto him, Then are the children free. 27 Notwithstand- 
ing, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast 
a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up ; and when 
thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money : 
that take, and give unto them for me and thee. 

a. d. 28. ~\ Matt. 18. 6. But whoso shajl offend one of these 
little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a 
millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were 
drowned in the depth of the sea. 

a. d. 52.] Gal. 5. 26. Let us not be desirous of vainglory, 
provoking one another, envying one another. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 8. 12. But when ye sin so against the breth- 
ren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. 
13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no 
flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to 
offend. 

1 Cor. 10. 32. Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor 
to the Gentiles, nor to the Church of God : 33 Even as I please 
all men in all tilings, not seeking mine own profit, but the 
'profit of many, that they may be saved. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 6. 3. Giving no offence in any thing, that 
the ministry be not blamed. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 14. 13. Let us not therefore judge one an- 
other any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a 
stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. 
15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest 
thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for 
whom Christ died. 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to 
drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is 
offended, or is made weak. 

a. d. 60.] Acts 24. 16. And herein -do I exercise myself, to 
have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and 
toward men. 

§ 360. Be Meek to all Men. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 5. 5. Blessed are the meek, for they shall 
inherit the earth. 

a. d. 52.] Gal. 6. 1. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a 
fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit 
of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Peter 3. 4. A meek and quiet spirit, which is in 
the sight of God of great price. 15 And oe ready always to 



198 Man— Patience. [§ 361. 

give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the 
hope that is in you, with meekness and fear. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 4. 1. I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, 
beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith 
ye are called, 12 With all lowliness and meekness, with long- 
suffering, forbearing one another in love. 

James 3. 13. "Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge 
among you ? let him show out of a good conversation his 
works with meekness of wisdom. 

A. d. 62.] Col. 3. 12. Put on therefore, as the elect of God, 
holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of 
mind, meekness, longsuffering. 

a. d. 65.] 2 Tim. 2. 24. The servant of the Lord must not 
strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient; 
25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves ; if 
God peradventnre will give them repentance to the acknowl- 
edging of the truth. 

Titus 3. 2. Be no brawlers, hit gentle, showing all meek- 
ness unto all men. 

§361. Be Patient. 

b. c. 539.] Psa. 37. 7. Eest in the Lord, and wait patiently 
for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in 
his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to 
pass. 

a. d. 27.] Luke 8. 15. But that on the good ground are they, 
which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, 
keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. 

a. d. 29.] Luke 21. 19. In your patience possess ye your 
souls. 

A. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 5. 14. Now we exhort you, brethren, 
warn them that are unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, sup- 
port the weak, be patient toward all men. 

2 Thess. 3. 5. And the Lord direct your hearts into the 
love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. 

A. d. 61.] James 1. 3. Knowing this, that the trying of your 
faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect 
work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 

James 5. 7. Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming 
of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the pre- 
cious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until 
he receive the early and latter rain. 8 Be ye also patient; 
stablish your hearts : for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 
10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the 
name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and 
of patience. " Behold, we count them happy which endure. 
Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end 



§362,363.] Man — Peide, Arrogance. 199 

of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender 
mercy. 

a. d. 60.'] 1 Pet. 2. 20. For what glory is it, if, when ye be 
buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? but if, when 
ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is accept- 
able with God. 21 For even hereunto were ye called : because 
Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye 
should follow his steps. 

§ 362. Be not Proud, Arrogant, nor Haughty. 

b. c. 1165.] 1 Sam. 2. 3. Talk no more so exceeding proud- 
ly ; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth : for the Lord 
is a G-od of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 8. 13. Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil 
way, and the fro ward mouth, do I hate. 

Prov. 16. 5. Every one that is proud in heart is an abomina- 
tion to the Lord : though hand join in hand, he shall not be 
unpunished. 18 Pride goetli before destruction, and a haughty 
spirit before a fall. 

b. o. 760. ] Isa. 2. 11. The lofty looks of man shall be hum- 
bled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and 
the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. :2 For the day 
of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and 
lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be 
brought low. 

Isa. 13. 11. And I will punish the world for their evil, and 
the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy 
of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the 
terrible. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 23. 12. And whosoever shall exalt himself 
shall be abased ; and he that shall humble himself shall be 
exalted. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 2. 16. The pride of life is no,t of the Father, 
but is of the world. 

§ 363. Seek not great things, and think not too highly 
of yourself , but let each esteem others more worthy 
than himself. 

b. c. 607.] Jer. 45. 5. And seekest thou great things for 
thyself ? seek them not : for, behold, I will bring evil upon all 
flesh, saith the Lord. 

a. d. 29.~\ Mark 10. 35. And James and John, the sons of 
Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would thou 
shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire; 36 And he 
said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you ? 
37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on 
thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. 



200 Man — Hospitality. [§ 364, 365. 

88 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask. 41 And 
when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with 
James and John. 42 But Jesus called them to him, and saitli 
unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule 
over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their 
great ones exercise authority upon them. 43 But so shall it 
not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, 
shall be your minister. 44 And whosoever of you will be the 
chiefest, shall be servant of all. 45 For even the Son of man 
came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give 
his life a ransom for many. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 12. 3. For I say, through the grace given 
unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of 
himself more highly than he ought to think : but to think 
soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the meas- 
ure of faith. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 5. 21. Submitting yourselves one to another 
in the fear of God. 

Phil. 2. 3. Let nothing de done through strife or vainglory ; 
but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than 
themselves. 4 Look not every man on his own things, but 
every man also on the things of others. 5 Let this mind be in 
you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the 
form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God : 
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the 
form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And 
being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself. 

§ 364. Use Hospitality one to Another. 

A. d. 29.] Matt. 25. 35. For I was ahungered, and ye gave 
me meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink : I was a stran- 
ger, and ye took me in. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 12. 13. Distributing to the necessity of 
saints ; given to hospitality. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Pet. 4. 9. Use hospitality one to another with- 
out grudging. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 13. 3. Remember them that are in bonds, 
as bound with them ; and them which suffer adversity, as be- 
ing yourselves also in the body. 

a. d. 65. ] 1 Tim. 3. 2. A bishop then must be blameless, the 
husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given 
to hospitality. 

§ 365. Thou shalt not kill: and no satisfaction shall be 
taken for the life of the intentional murderer. 

b. c. 23Jf7.] Gen. 9. 5. And surely your blood of your lives 
will I require: at the hand of every beast will I require it, 



§ 366, 367.] Man — Murder, Hatred, Revenge. 201 

and at the liand of man; at the hand of every man's brother 
will I require the life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, 
by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God 
made he man. 

b. c. U91.] Exod. 20. 13. Thou shalt not kill. 

Exod. 21. 12. He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall 
be surely put to death. 

b. c. 14-51.] Num. 35. 30. Whoso killeth any person, the 
murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: 
but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause 
him to die. 31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the 
life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall 
be surely put to death. 33 For blood it defileth the land : and 
the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, 
but by the blood of him that shed it. 

b. c. 14ol.] Deut. 19. 13. Thine eye shall not pity him, but 
thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, 
that it may go well with thee. 

b. c. 700.] Prov. 28. 17. A man that doeth violence to the 
blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay 
him. 

§ 366. Thou shalt not hate thy Brother. 

b. c. 1480.] Lev. 19. 17. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in 
thine heart. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 2. 9. He that saith he is in the light, 
and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. 

1 John 3. 15. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: 
and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in 
him. 

1 John 4. 20. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his 
brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom 
he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen ? 

§367. Avenge not yourselves, neither bear any grudge; 
rejoice not when your enemy falls • but love your 
enemies ; do good to them that hate you ; pray for 
them that despiteftdly use you. 

b. c. 1491.] Exod. 23. 4. If thou meet thine enemy's ox 
or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him 
again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying un- 
der his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt 
surely help with him. 

b. c. 1490.] Lev. 19. 18. Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any 
grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt 
love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord. 



202 Man— Anger. [§ 368. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 20. 22. Say not thou, I will recompense 
evil; hut wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee. 

Prov. 24. 17. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let 
not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth : 18 Lest the Lord 
see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath 
from him. 29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to 
me : I will render to the man according to his work. 

Prov. 25. 21. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to 
eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: 22 For 
thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall 
reward thee. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 5. 38. Ye have heard that it hath been said, 
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth : 39 But I say unto 
you, That ye resist not evil : but whosoever shall smite thee 
on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if any 
man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him 
have thy cloak also. 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, 
Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But 
I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, 
do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which de- 
spitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the 
children of your Father which is in heaven : for he maketh 
his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on 
the just and on the unjust. 46 For if ye love them which love 
you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more 
than others ? do not even the publicans so ? 

a. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 5. 15. See that none render evil for evil 
unto any man : but ever follow that which is good, both 
among yourselves, and to all men. 

A. d. 58.] Rom. 12. 17. Recompense to no man evil for evil. 
Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 19 Dearly be- 
loved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto 
wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith 
the Lord. 20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed, him: if 
he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap 
coals of fire on his head. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but over- 
come evil with good. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Peter 2. 1. Wherefore laying aside all malice, and 
all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings. 

1 Peter 3. 9. Not rendering evil for evil, nor railing for 
railing: but contrariwise blessing: knowing that ye are there- 
unto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 

§ 368. Cease from Anger and forsake Wrath. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 14. 29. He thai is slow to wrath is of great 
understanding: but he that is hasty in spirit exalteth folly. 



§ 369.] Man — Contention and Strife. 203 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 16. 32. He that is slow to anger is better 
than the mighty : and he that ruleth his spirit than he that 
taketh a city. 

Prov. 19. 11. The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; 
and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. 

b. c. 977.] Eccl. 7. 9. Be not hasty in thy spirit to be an- 
gry : for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. 

b. c. 539.] Psa. 37. 8. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath : 
fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 5. 22. But I say unto you, That whosoever 
is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger 
of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, 
shall be in danger of the council : but whosoever shall say, 
Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 4. 26. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the 
sun go down upon your wrath : 27 Neither give place to the 
devil. 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clam- 
our, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all 
malice. 

James 1. 19. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every 
man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath : 20 For 
the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 



§ 369. Avoid Contentions and Strife. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 3. 30. Strive not with a man without 
cause, if he have done thee no harm. 

Prov. 17. 14. The beginning of strife is as when one letteth 
out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled 
with. 

Prov. 20. 3. It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: 
but every fool will be meddling. 

. Prov. 25. 8. Go not forth hastily to strife, lest thou know not 
what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put 
thee to shame. 

Prov. 26. 17. He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife 
belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the 
ears. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 3. 3. For whereas there is among you envy- 
ing, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as 
men ? 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 12. 20. For I fear, lest, when I come, I 
shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found 
unto you such as ye would not : lest there oe debates, envy- 
ings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tu- 
mults. 

a. d. 68.] Rom. 13. 13. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; 
10 



204 Man — Peacemaking. [§370,371. 

not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wan- 
tonness, not in strife and envying. 

a. d. 61.] James 3. 14. But if ye have bitter envying and 
strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 
"This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, 
sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is 
confusion and every evil work. 

a. d. 62.] Phil. 2. 3. Let nothing oe done through strife or 
vainglory. 

A. d. 65.] ^ Tim. 2. 23. But foolish and unlearned questions 
avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. 24 And the servant 
of the Lord must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men. 

§ 370. Follow after the things lohich make for peace. 

:b. c. 1060.] Psa. 34. 14. Seek peace and pursue it. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 12. 20. But to the counsellors of peace is 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 5. 9. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they 
shall be called the children of God. 25 Agree with thine ad- 
versary quickly, while thou art in the way with him. 

A. d. 28.] Mark 9. 50. And have peace one with another. 

A. d. 62.] 1 Thess. 5. 13. Be at peace among yourselves. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 13. 11. Live in peace ; and the God of love 
and peace shall be with you. 

a. d. 58.] Kom. 12. 18. If it be possible, as much as lieth in 
you, live peaceably with all men. 

Rom. 14. 19. Let us therefore follow after the things which 
make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify an- 
other. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 4. 3. Endeavouring to keep the unity of the 
Spirit in the bond of peace. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 3. 15. And let the peace of God rule in your 
hearts. 

A. d. 63.] Heb. 12. 14. Follow peace with all men, and holi- 
ness, without which no man shall see the Lord : 16 Looking 
diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root 
of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be 
defiled. 

a. d. 65.] 2 Tim. 2. 22. But follow righteousness, faith, 
charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure 
heart. 

§ 371. If thy brother trespass against thee rebuke him, 
and if he repent, forgive him. 

b. c. llfiO.] Lev. 19. 17. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in 
thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and 
not suffer sin upon him. 



§ 372.] Man — Adultery, Fornication. 205 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 28. 23. He that rebuketh a man, after- 
wards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the 
tongue. 

a. d. 27. ~\ Matt. 18. 15. Moreover if thy brother shall tres- 
pass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and 
him alone : if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 
16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two 
more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word 
may be established. 17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, 
tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, 
let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican. 

21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my 
brother sin against me, and I forgive him ? till seven times ? 

22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times : 
but, Until seventy times seven. 

Mark 11. 26. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your 
Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. 

Luke 17. 3. Take heed to yourselves : If thy brother tres- 
pass against thee, rebuke him ; and if he repent, forgive him. 
4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and 
seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent ; thou 
shaft forgive him. 

a. d. 52.] Gal. 6. 1. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a 
fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit 
of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 

§ 372. Thou shalt not commit adultery nor fornication. 

b. c. 1491.] Exod. 20. 14. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 
b. c. 1490. ] Lev. 18. 20. Moreover, thou shalt not lie carnally 

with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 5. 3. For the lips of a strange woman 
drop as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil. 
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two edged 
sword. 5 Her feet go down to death ; her steps take hold on 
hell. 8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the 
door of her house. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 6. 25. Lust not after her beauty in thine 
heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. 26 For by 
means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: 
and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. 27 Can a 
man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned ? 

28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned ? 

29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife ; whosoever touch- 
eth her shall not be innocent. 32 But whoso committeth adul- 
tery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it 
destroyeth his own soul. 33 A wound and dishonour shall he 
get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. 



206 Man — Adultery, Fornication. [§ 3 72. 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 5. 27. Ye have heard that it was said by 
them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I 
say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust 
after her hath committed adultery with her already in his 
heart. 

a. d. 52.] Gal. 5. 19. Now the works of the flesh are mani- 
fest, which are these: Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, las- 
civiousness. 81 Of the which I tell you before, as I have also 
told you in time past, that they which do such things shall 
not inherit the kingdom of God. 

1 Thess. 4. 3. For this is the will of God, even your sanctifi- 
cation, that ye should abstain from fornication. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 5. 9. I wrote unto you in an epistle not to 
company with fornicators. 10 Yet not altogether with the for- 
nicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortion- 
ers, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the 
world. " But now I have written unto you not to keep com- 
pany, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or 
covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an ex- 
tortioner; with such a one no not to eat. 

1 Cor. 6. 15. Know ye not that your bodies are the members 
of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make 
them the members of a harlot? God forbid. 16 What! know 
ye not that he which is joined to a harlot is one body ? for 
two, saitli lie, shall be one flesh. 18 Flee fornication. Every 
sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that com- 
mitteth fornication sinneth against his own body. 

1 Cor. 10. 8. Neither let us commit fornication, as some 
of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty 
thousand. 

A. D. 61.] Eph. 5. 5. For this ye know, that no whoremon- 
ger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, 
hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 
6 Let no man deceive you with vain words : for because of 
these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of 
disobedience. 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. 

A. d. 63.] Heb. 13. 4. Marriage is honourable in all, and the 
bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will 
judge. 

a. d. 65.] Jude 7. Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the 
cities about them, in like manner giving themselves over to 
fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an 
example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. 

A. D. 96.] Rev. 21. 8. But the fearful, and unbelieying, and ' 
the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sor- 
cerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the 
lake which burnetii with fire and brimstone: which is the 
second death. 



§ 373, 374.] Man — Husband and Wife. 207 

§ 373. Let every man have his own wife, and every 
woman her own husband, and they twain shall be 
one flesh. 

b. c. 4004-] Gen. 2. 18. And the Lord God said, It is not 
good that the man should be alone ; I will make him a helpmeet 
for him. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, 
and flesh of my flesh : she shall be called Woman, because she 
was taken out of man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his fa- 
ther and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they 
shall be one flesh. 

Gen. 1. 27. So God created man in his own image, in the 
image of God created he him ; male and female created he 
them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be 
fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it. 

A. d. 29.] Matt. 19. 4. And he answered and said unto them, 
Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning 
made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall 
a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife : 
and they twain shall be one flesh ? 6 Wherefore they are no 
more twain, but one flesh. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 7. 2. Let every man have his own wife, 
and let every woman have her own husband. 

a. d. 63. ] Heb. 13. 4. Marriage is honourable in all, and the 
bed undefiled : but whoremongers and adulterers God will 
judge. 

§ 374. The husband and toife cannot be divorced except 
for fornication ; but if they live apart, let them re- 
main unmarried to any other. 

b. c. 397.] Mai. 2. 14. Because the Lord hath been witness 
between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou 
hast dealt treacherously : yet is she thy companion, and the 
wife of thy covenant. 15 And did not he make one ? Yet had 
he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one ? That he 
might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, 
and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 
16 For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting 
away : for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the 
Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal 
not treacherously. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 5. 31. It hath been said, Whosoever shall 
put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement : 
32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, 
saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit 
adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced 
committeth adultery. 



208 Man — Husband and Wife. [§ 3*75, 376. 

A. d. 29.] Matt. 19. 3. The Pharisees also came unto him, 
tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to 
put away his wife for every cause ? 4 And he answered and 
said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them 
at the beginning made them male and female. 5 And said, 
For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall 
cleave to his wife : and they twain shall be one flesh ? 6 Where- 
fore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore 
God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 7 They 
say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing 
of divorcement, and to put her away ? 8 He saith unto them, 
Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to 
put away your wives : but from the beginning it was not so. 
9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, ex- 
cept it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth 
adultery : and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth 
commit adultery. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 7. 10. And unto the married I command, 
yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her hus- 
band : u But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or 
be reconciled to Tier husband : and let not the husband put 
away his wife. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 7. 2. For the woman which hath a husband 
is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth : but 
if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her hus- 
band. 3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married 
to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her 
husband be dead, she is free from that law ; so that she is no 
adulteress, though she be married to another man. 

§ 375. Let the husband and wife render due benevolence 

to each other. 

A. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 7. 3. Let the husband render unto the wife 
due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 
4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: 
and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own 
body, but the wife. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it le 
with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fast- 
ing and prayer ; and come together again, that Satan tempt 
you not for your incontinency. 

§ 376. Husbands, love your loives, as Christ loves the 
Church, and dwell with them according to the spirit 
of the Gospel, 

B. c. 1000.] Prov. 5. 18. Rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 
19 Be thou ravished always with her love. 



377.] 



Man — Husband and Wife. 209 



B. c. 977.] Eccl. 9. 9. Live joyfully with the wife whom 
thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he 
hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for 
that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou 
takest under the sun. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Pet. 3. 7. Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with 
tliem according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as 
unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the 
grace of life ; that your prayers be not hindered. 

a. d. 61.] Epb. 5. 25. Husbands, love your wives, even as 
Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That 
he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by 
the word, 27 That he might present it to himself a glorious 
church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing: but 
that it should be holy and without blemish. 28 So ought men 
to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his 
wife loveth himself. 29 For no man ever yet hated his own 
flesh ; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the 
church : so For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and 
of his bones. 31 For this cause shall a man leave his father 
and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two 
shall be one flesh. 32 This is a great mystery: but I speak 
concerning Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless, let every 
one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself. 

A d. 62.] Col. 3. 19. Husbands, love your wives, and be not 
bitter against them. 



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§ 377. Wives, care for your households ; be not idle: 
reverence, love, and submit to, your husbands ; care 
not for the outward so much as for the inward adorn- 
ment — even a meek and quiet spirit. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 12. 4. A virtuous woman is a crown to 
her husband : but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in 
his bones. 

Prov. 14. 1. Every wise woman buildeth her house: but 
the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. 

b. c. 700.] Prov. 31. 10. Who can find a virtuous woman? 
for her price is far above rubies. "The heart of her husband 
doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 
12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 
27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth 
not the bread of idleness. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Peter 3. 1. Likewise, ye wives, he in subjection 
to your own husbands ; that, if any obey not the word, they 
also may without the word be won by the conversation of the 
wives ; 2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled 



210 Man — Parents and Children. [§378,379. 

with fear. 3 Whose adorning, let it not be that outward 
adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of 
putting on of apparel; 4 But let it be the hidden man of the 
heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a 
meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great 
price. 6 For after this manner in the old time the holy women 
also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in sub- 
jection unto their own husbands. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 5. 22. Wives, submit yourselves unto your 
own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the 
head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church : 
and he is the Saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church 
is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own hus- 
bands in every thing. 30 And the wife see that she reverence 
her husband. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 3. 18. Wives, submit yourselves unto your 
own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. 

a. d. 65.] Titus 2. 3. The aged women likewise, that they 
be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not 
given to much wine, teachers of good things ; 4 That they 
may teach the young women to be sober, to love their hus- 
bands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers 
at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word 
of God be not blasphemed. 

1 Tim. 2. 9. In like manner also, that women adorn them- 
selves in modest apparel, with shamefaced ness and sobriety ; 
not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; 
10 But, which becometh women professing godliness, with 
good works. 

1 Tim. 5. 14. I will therefore that the younger women 
marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to 
the adversary to speak reproachfully. 

§ 378. Parents must provide for their children. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 12. 14. For the children ought not to lay 
up for the parents, but the parents for the children. 

A. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 5. 8. But if any provide not for his own, 
and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the 
faith, and is worse than an infidel. 

§ 379. Bring up the children in the nurture and ad- 
monition of the Lord. 

b. c. 1897.] Gen. 18. 19. For I know him, that he will com- 
mand his children and his household after him, and they shall 
keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment;- that 



§ 380, 381.] Man — Pakents and Childken. 211 

the Lord may bring upon Abraham thai which he hath spoken 
of him. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 6. 6. And these words, which I command 
thee this day, shall be in thine heart : 7 And thou shalt teach 
them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them 
when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by 
the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 

Deut. 11. 19. And ye shall teach them your children, speak- 
ing of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou 
walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou 
risest up. 2 ° And thou shalt write them upon the doorposts 
of thine house, and upon thy gates. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 22. 6. Train up a child in the way he 
should go : and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 38. 19. The father to the children shall 
make known thy truth. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 6. 4. But bring them up in the nurture and 
admonition of the Lord. 

§ 380. Do not provoke the child, 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 6. 4. And, ye fathers, provoke not your 
children to wrath : but bring them up in the nurture and ad- 
monition of the Lord. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 3. 21. Fathers, provoke not your children to 
anger, lest they be discouraged. 

§ 381. Do not leave children to themselves, but correct 
them and have them in subjection. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 13. 24. He that spareth his rod hateth 
his son : but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. 

Prov. 19. 18. Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let 
not thy soul spare for his crying. 

Prov. 22. 15. Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child: 
but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. 

Prov. 23. 13. Withhold not correction from the child: for 
if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou 
shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from 
hell. 

Prov. 29. 15. The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child 
left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. " Correct thy 
sun, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto 
thy soul. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 12. 9. Furthermore, we have had fathers of 

our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: 

shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father 

uf spirits, and live? " Now no chastening for the present 

10* 



212 Man — Parents and Children. [§ 382. 

seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless, afterward 
it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them 
which are exercised thereby. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 3. 2. A bishop then must be blameless. 
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in 
subjection with all gravity. 

§ 382. Children, obey your parents in the Lord. Honour 
your father and your mother, and regard their in- 
struction. 

b. c. 1491.] Exod. 20. 12. Honour thy father and thy 
mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the 
Lord thy God giveth thee. 

b. c. 1490.] Lev. 19. 3. Ye shall fear every man his mother, 
and his father. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 1. 8. My son, hear the instruction of thy 
father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. 9 For they 
shall ue an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about 
thy neck. 

Prov. 3. 1. My son, forget not my law ; but let thine heart 
keep my commandments : 2 For length of days, and long life, 
and peace, shall they add to thee. 

Prov. 4. 1. Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, 
and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good 
doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 2u My son, attend to my 
words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not 
depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine 
heart. 2a For they are life unto those that find them, and 
health to all their flesh. 

Prov. 5. 1. My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine 
ear to my understanding: 2 That thou mayest regard discre- 
tion, and tliat thy lips may keep knowledge. 

Prov. 6. 20. My son, keep thy father's commandment, and 
forsake not the law of thy mother. as For the commandment 
is a lamp ; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are 
the way of life. 

Prov. 7. 1. My son, keep my words, and lay up my com- 
mandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live ; 
and my law as the apple of thine eye. 

Prov. 23. 22. Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and 
despise not thy mother when she is old. 

A. d. 61.] Eph. 6. 1. Children, obey your parents in the 
Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother; 
which is the first commandment with promise ; 3 That it may 
be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 3. 20. Children, obey your parents in all 
things ; for this is well pleasing unto the Lord, 



§ 383, 384.] Man — Masters and Servants. 213 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 5. 4. But if any widow have children or 
nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to re- 
quite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before 
God. 

§ 383. Do not set light by your father or mother, nor 

mock nor despise them. 

b. c. lJf51.] Deut. 27. 16. Cursed he he that setteth light by 
his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, Amen. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 15. 5. A fool despiseth his father's in- 
struction: but lie that regardeth reproof is prudent. 10 Cor- 
rection is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he 
that hateth reproof shall die. 20 A wise son maketh a glad 
father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother. 

Prov. 17. 25. A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bit- 
terness to her that bare him. 

Prov. 19. 26. He that wasteth Ms father, and chaseth away 
his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth re- 
proach. 

Prov. 20. 20. Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his 
lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. 

Prov. 28. 24. Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and 
saith, It is no transgression ; the same is the companion of a 
destroyer. 

Prov. 30. 11. There is a generation that curseth their father, 
and doth not bless their mother. 17 The eye that mocketh at 
his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the 
valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. 

§ 384. Do not oppress servants, nor require excessively 
hard labour of them : but pay their wages when due, 
giving them that which is just and equal. 

b. c. 1520.] Job 31. 13. If I did despise the cause of my 
manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with 
me ; 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up ? and when 
lie visiteth, what shall I answer him ? 1S Did not he that 
made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion 
us in the womb ? 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 24. 14. Thou shalt not oppress a hired 
servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, 
or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates : 
15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun 
go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon 
it : lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto 
thee. 

b. c. 600.] Hab. 2. 12. Woe to him that buildeth a town 



214 Man — Masters and Servants. [§ 385. 

with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity ! 1S Behold, 
is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in 
the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very 
vanity ? 

b. c. 598.] Jer. 22. 13. Woe unto him that buildeth his 
house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong ; that 
useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him 
not for his work. 

A. d. 28. .] Luke 10. 7. The labourer is worthy of his hire. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 6. 9. And, ye masters, do the same things 
unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master 
also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with 
him. 

James 5. 4. Behold, the hire of the labourers who have 
reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, 
crieth : and the cries of them which have reaped are entered 
into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 4. 1. Masters, give unto your servants that 
which is just and equal ; knowing that ye also have a Master 
in heaven. 

§ 385. Servants, obey your masters, not with eyeservice, 

bat in the fear of God. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 6. 5. Servants, be obedient to them that are 
your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, 
in singleness of. your heart, as unto Christ; 6 Not with eye- 
service, as menpleasers ; but as the servants of Christ, doing 
the will of God from the heart ; 7 With good will doing ser- 
vice, as to the Lord, and not to men : 8 Knowing that what- 
soever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive 
of the Lord, whether he oe bond or free. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 3. 22. Servants, obey in all things your mas- 
ters according to the flesh ; not with eyeservice, as menpleas- 
ers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: 23 And whatso- 
ever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men ; 
124 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the 
inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. 25 But he that do- 
eth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done : 
and there is no respect of persons. 

a. d. 65.] Titus 2. 9. JHxhort servants to be obedient unto 
their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not 
answering again ; 10 Not purloining, but showing all good 
fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour 
in all things. 



§ 386-388.] Man — Civil Government. 215 

§ 386. Take able men, that are well known among the 
people; men of truth, who fear God; and place such 
to be riders. 

B.C. 1491.] Exod. 18. 21. Moreover thou shalt provide out 
of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, 
hating covetousness ; and place such over them, to be rulers. 

b. c. I40I.] Deut. 1. 13. Take you wise men, and understand- 
ing, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers 
over you. 

b. c. 1044- \ P sa - 2. 10. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: 
be instructed, ye judges of the earth. " Serve the Lord with 
fear. 

b. c. 1018.] 2 Sam. 23. 3. The God of Israel said, the Bock 
of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, 
ruling in the fear of God. 

b. c. 700.] Prov. 29. 2. When the righteous are in author- 
ity, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, 
the people mourn. 

§ 387. In all manner of trespasses the cause of both 
parties shall come before the judges. 

b. c. 1491J\ Exod. 22. 8. If the thief be not found, then the 
master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see 
whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods. 
For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for 
sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost things which 
another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall 
come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, 
he shall pay double unto his neighbour. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 19. 17. Then both the men, between 
whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before 
the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; 
18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition. 

§ 388. Judges and officers shcdl not be respecters of per' 
sons, they shall not take gifts nor bribes, but shall 
judge righteously beticeen men. 

b. c. 1491.] Exod. 23. 6. Thou shalt not wrest the judg- 
ment of thy poor in his cause. 7 Keep thee far from a false 
matter ; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not : for I 
will not justify the wicked. B And thou shalt take no gift : 
for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the 
righteous. 

B. c. 1490.] Lev. 19. 15. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in 
judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor 



216 Man — Civil Government. [§388. 

honour the person of the mighty : tut in righteousness shalt 
thou judge thy neighbour. 

B. c. 1490.1 Deut. 1. 16. And I charged your judges at 
that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, 
and. judge righteously between every man and his brother, 
and. the stranger that is with him. 17 Ye shall not respect per- 
sons in judgment; ~but ye shall hear the small as well as the 
great ; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man ; for the judg- 
ment is God's. 

Deut. 16. 18. Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in 
all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, through- 
out thy tribes : and they shall judge the people with just judg- 
ment. 19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not re- 
spect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the 
eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. 
20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou 
may est live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee. 

b. c. 896.] 2 Chron. 19. 5. And he set judges in the land. 
6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge 
not for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the judg- 
ment. 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you ; 
take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord 
our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. 10 And 
what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that 
dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law 
and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even 
warn them that they trespass not against the Lord, and so 
wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren : this do, and 
ye shall not trespass. 

b. c. 713.] Isa. 10. 1. Woe unto them that decree unright- 
eous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have pre- 
scribed ; 2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to 
take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows 
may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless ! 

b. c. 598.] Jer. 22. 3. Thus saith the Lord ; Execute ye judg- 
ment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the 
hand of the oppressor : and do no wrong, do no violence to 
the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed inno- 
cent blood in this place. 

b. c. 574-] Ezek. 45. 9. Thus saith the Lord God; Let it 
suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, 
and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions 
from my people, saith the Lord God. 10 Ye shall have just 
balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. 

b. c. 518.] Zech. 8. 16. Execute the judgment of truth and 
peace in your gates. 



§ 389.] Max — Civil Government. 217 

§ 389. Pay government taxes and obey magistrates. 

a. d. 28.] Matt. 17. 24. And when they were come to Ca- 
pernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and 
said, Doth not your master pay tribute ? 25 He saith, Yes. 
And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him. 
saying, What thinkest thon, Simon ? of whom do the kings of 
the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or 
of strangers ? 26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus 
saith unto him, Then are the children free. 27 Notwithstand- 
ing, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast 
a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up ; and when 
thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: 
that take, and give unto them for me and thee. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 22. 16. And they sent out unto him their dis- 
ciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou 
art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest 
thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men. 
17 Tell us therefore. What thinkest thou ? Is it lawful to give 
tribute unto Cesar, or not ? 18 But Jesus perceived their wick- 
edness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites ? 19 Show 
me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. 
20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and super- 
scription ? 21 They say unto him, Cesar's. Then saith he unto 
them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Ce- 
sar's ; and unto God the things that are God's. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 13. 1. Let every soul be subject unto the 
higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the pow- 
ers that be are ordained of God. 2 Whosoever therefore re- 
sisted* the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they 
that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 3 For rulers 
are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou 
then not be afraid of the power ? do that which is good, and 
thou shalt have praise of the same: 4 For he is the minister 
of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, 
be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain : for he is the 
minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that 
doeth evil. 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not ouly 
for wrath, but also for conscience' sake. 6 For, for this cause 
pay ye tribute also, for they are God's ministers, attending 
continually upon this very thing. 7 Render therefore to all 
their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom 
custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. 

a. D. 60.] 1 Peter 2. 13. Submit yourselves to every ordi- 
nance of man for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, 
as supreme ; 14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent 
by him for the punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of 
them that do well. 15 For so is the will of God, that with 



218 Man — Civil Government. [§390,391. 

well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish 
men; 1S As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of ma- 
liciousness, but ns the servants of God. 1T Honour all men. 
Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. 

a. d. 65.] Titus 3. 1. Put them in mind to be subject to prin- 
cipalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to 
every good work. 

§ 390. Pray for all that are in authority. 

A. d. '65.] 1 Tim. 2. 1. I exhort therefore, that, first of all, 
supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be 
made for all men ; 2 For kings, and for all that are in author- 
ity ; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godli- 
ness and honesty. 8 For this is good and acceptable in the 
sight of God our Saviour. 

§391. Rulers are not to be obeyed contrary to the com- 
mandments of God. 

b. c. 580.] Dan. 3. 13. Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage 
and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- 
nego. Then they brought these men before the king. u Neb- 
uchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, 
Meshach, and Abednego ? do not ye serve my gods, nor wor- 
ship the golden image which I have set up? 15 Now if ye be 
ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, 
harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, 
ye fall down and worship the image which I have made ; well: 
but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the 
midst of a burning fiery furnace ; and who is that God that 
shall deliver you out of my hands ? I6 Shadrach, Meshach, 
and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchad- 
nezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. 17 If 
it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the 
burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, 
O king. 18 But if not, be ii known unto thee, O king, that we 
will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which 
thou hast set up. 

a. d. 29.] Acts 4. 18. And they called them, and command- 
ed them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. 
19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether 
it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than 
unto God, judge ye. 20 For we cannot but speak the things 
which we have seen and heard. 

Acts 5. 27. And when they had brought them, they set 
them before the council: and the high priest asked them, 
28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should 



§ 392-394.] Man— Theft, Robbeky, Fkaud. 219 

not teach in this name ? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem 
with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon 
us. 29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, 
"We ought to obev God rather than men. (See also Exod. 
1. 17; 1 Sam. 14. 45; 22. 17; Dan. 6. 10.) 

§ 392. Thou shalt not steal, neither rob nor defraud. 

b. c. 1491.] Exod. 20. 15. Thou shalt not steal. 

B; c. 1490.] Lev. 19. 11. Ye shall not steal, neither deal 
falsely, neither lie one to another. 13 Thou shalt not defraud 
thy neighbour, neither rob him : the wages of him that is hired 
shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 61. 8. For I the Lord love judgment, I hate 
robbery. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 13. 9. For this, Thou shalt not commit adul- 
tery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not 
bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet ; and if there he any 
other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this say- 
ing, namely, Thou shalt love, thy neighbour as thyself. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 4. 28. Let him that stole steal no more : but 
rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing 
which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. 

§ 393. The thief shall restore double for that which he 
stole, and if he has nothing else, he shall pay with 
labour. 

b. C.1491.] Exod. 22. 3. If the sun be risen upon him, there 
shall he blood shed for him ; for he should make full restitu- 
tion : IF HE HAVE NOTHING, THEN HE SHALL BE SOLD for his theft. 

4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it 
be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. 7 If a man 
shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and 
it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let 
him pay double. 8 If the thief be not found, then the master 
of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether 
he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods. 9 For all 
manner of trespass, whether it he for ox, for ass, for sheep, for 
raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another 
challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come be- 
fore the judges ; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall 
pay double unto his neighbour. 

§ 394. Wlioever is partner with a thief God will reprove. 

b. c. 700.] Prov. 29. 24. Whoso is partner with a thief hateth 
his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not. 



220 Man — Robbery, Theft, Fraud. [§ 395. 

b. c. 679.] Psa. 50. 18. When thou sawest a thief, then thou 
consentedst with him. 21 I will reprove thee. 

§ 395. In buying and selling do not cheat, nor over- 
reach, nor defraud in any matter. 

b. c. 1490.] Lev. 6. 2. If a soul sin, and commit a trespass 
against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour in that which 
was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing 
taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; s Or 
have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and 
sweareth falsely ; in any of all these that a man doeth, sin- 
ning therein: 4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and 
is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently 
away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that 
which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he 
found, 5 Or all that about which he hath sworn ' falsely ; he 
shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth 
part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertain- 
ed, in the day of his trespass offering. 

b. c. 1490.] Lev. 19. 35. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in 
judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. 86 Just bal- 
ances, just weights, a just ephah,and a just hin, shall ye have. 

Lev. 25. 14, And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, or 
buyest aught of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress 
one another. 

Deut. 25. 13. Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, 
a great and a small: u Thou shalt not have in thine house di- 
vers measures, a great and a small: 15 But thou shalt have a 
perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou 
have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which 
the Lord thy God giveth thee. 1C For all that do such things, 
and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the 
Lord thy God. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 11. 1. A false balance is abomination to 
the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. 

Prov. 16. 11. A just weight and balance are the Lord's: all 
the weights of the bag are his work. 

Prov. 20. 10. Divers weights, and divers measures, both of 
them are alike abomination to the Lord. 23 Divers weights 
are an abomination unto the Lord ; and a false balance is not 
good. 

b. c. 710.] Micah 6. 11. Shall I count them pure with the 
wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights ? 

a. D. 52.] 1 Thess. 4. 6. That no man go beyond and de- 
fraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is 
the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and 
testified. 



396, 397.] Man — Covetousness, Labour. 221 



§ 396. Thou shalt not covet. 

B. c. 1491.] Exod. 20. 17. Thou shalt not covet thy neigh- 
bour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor 
his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, 
nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. 

b. c. 730.] Micah 2. 1. Woe to them that devise iniquity, 
and work evil upon their beds ! when the morning is light, 
they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. 
2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence ; and houses, 
and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, 
even a man and his heritage. 3 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; 
Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which 
ye shall not remove your necks ; neither shall ye go haughtily: 
for this time is evil. 

b. c. 600.] Hab. 2. 9. Woe to him that coveteth an evil 
covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, 
that he may be delivered from the power of evil ! 

a. d. 29.] Luke 12. 15. And he said unto them, Take heed 
and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not 
in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. 

A. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 5. 11. But now I have written unto you not 
to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a for- 
nicator, or covetous. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 7. 7. What shall we say then ? Is the law 
sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the 
law : for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou 
shalt not covet. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 5. 5. For this ye know, that no whoremon- 
ger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, 
hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 13. 5. Let your conversation ~be without cov- 
etousness ; and he content with such things as ye have : for he 
hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 

§397. Every one must work and be diligent: doing with 
their might whatsoever they have to do. 

b. c. JfiOJ^.] Gen. 3. 19. In tire sweat of thy face shalt thou 
eat bread, till thou return unto the ground: for out of it 
wast thou taken : for dust thou art. and unto dust shalt thou 
return. 

b. c. lJ/,81.] Exod. 20. 9. Six days shalt thou labour, and 
do all thy work. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 22. 29. Seest thou a man diligent in his 
business '{ he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand be- 
fore mean men. 



222 Man — Increase of Wealth. [§398. 

b. c. 977.] Eccl. 9. 10. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, 
do it with thy might. 

a. d. 52.1 1 Thess. 4. 11. And that ye study to be quiet, 
and to do your own business, and to work with your own 
hands, as we commanded you ; 12 That ye may walk houestly 
toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of 
nothing. 

2 Thess. 3. 10. For even when we were with you, this we 
commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should 
he eat. " For we hear that there are some which walk among 
you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. 
12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our 
Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat 
their own bread. 13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well 
doing. 14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, 
note that man, and have no company with him, that he may 
be ashamed. a5 Yet count Mm not as an enemy, but admonish 
Mm as a brother. 

a. d. 58.1 Roni- 12. 11. Not slothful in business; fervent in 
spirit ; serving the Lord. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 4. 28. Let him that stole steal no more: 
but rather let him labour, working with Ms hands the thing 
which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. 

§ 398. Labour not to be rich. 

b. c. 1000.1 Prov. 13. 11. Wealth gotten by vanity shall be 
diminished : but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. 

Prov. 15. 27. He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own 
house. 

Prov. 20. 21. An inheritance maybe gotten hastily at the be- 
ginning ; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. 

Prov. 23. 4. Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own 
wisdom. 

b. c. 760. 1 Isa. 5. 8. "Woe unto them that join house to 
house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they 
may be placed alone in the midst of the earth ! 

b. c. 700.1 Prov. 28. 8. He that by usury and unjust gain 
increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will 
pity the poor. 20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings : 
but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. 
22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth 
not that poverty shall come upon him. 

b. c. 604-1 J er - 17- !!• As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and 
hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, 
shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall 
be a fool. 

a. d. 27.1 Matt. 13. 22. He also that received seed among 



§399,400.] Man — Increase of Wealth. 223 

the thorns is he that heareth the word ; and the care of this 
world, and the deceitfulness of richness, choke, the word, and 
he becometh unfruitful. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 6. 9. But they that will be rich fall into 
temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful 
lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For 
the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some 
coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced 
themselves through with many sorrows. " But thou, O man 
of God, flee these things ; and follow after righteousness, god- 
liness, faith, love, patience, meekness. 

§ 399. If riches increase, set not your heart upon them, 

neither trust in them. 

b. c. 1023. ~\ Psa. 62. JO. If riches increase, set not. your 
heart upon them. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 11. 28. He that trusteth in his riches 
shall fall. 

b. c. 660.] Jer. 9. 23. Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise 
man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in 
his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 3. 2. Set your affection on things above, 
not on things on the earth. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 6. 10. For the love of money is the root 
of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred 
from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many 
sorrows. " Charge them that are rich in this world, that they 
be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the 
living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy. 



§ 400. Forget not that it is God who gives power to get 

wealth. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 8. 11. Beware that thou forget not the 
Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his 
judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: 
12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly 
houses, and dwelt therein; 13 And when thy herds and thy 
flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and 
all that thou hast is multiplied; 14 Then thine heart be lifted 
up, and thou forget the Lord thy God ; 17 And thou say in thine 
heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me 
this wealth. 18 But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God : 
for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth. 

b. c. 1165.] 1 Sam. 2. 7. The Lord maketh poor, and maketh 
rich : he bringeth low, and lifteth up. 



224 Man— Use of Wealth. [§ 401. 

b. c. 1015.] 1 Chron. 29. 12. Both riches and honour come of 
thee, and thou reignest over all ; and in thy hand is power 
and might; and in thy hand it is to make great, and to give 
strength unto all. 

b. c. 1014-] 1 Kings 3. 11. And God said unto him, 12 1 have 
also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, 
and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings 
like unto thee all thy days. 



§ 401. Honour the Lord with thy substance: devise liberal 
things: give to him that is in need: be ready to dis- 
tribute: see that ye abound in this grace; for it is 
more blessed to give than to receive, 

B. c. 1015. J Psa. 41. 1. Blessed is he that considereth the 
poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 3. 9. Honour the Lord with thy sub- 
stance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase : 10 So 
shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall 
burst out with new wine. 27 Withhold not good from them to 
whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 
28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to- 
morrow I will give ; when thou hast it by thee. 

Prov. 11. 24. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; 
and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth 
to poverty. 25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that 
watereth shall be watered also himself. 

Prov. 19. 17. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto 
the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him 
again. 

Prov. 21. 26. The righteous giveth and spareth not. 

Prov. 22. 9. He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed ; 
for he giveth of his bread to the poor. 

b. c. 713.] Isa. 32. 8. But the liberal deviseth liberal 
things ; and by liberal things shall he stand. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 58. 7. Is it not to deal thy bread to the hun- 
gry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy 
house ? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him : and 
that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? 10 And if 
thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted 
soul ; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness 
oe as the noonday. 

a. d. 26.] Luke 3. 11. He that hath two coats, let him im- 
part to him that hath none ; and he that hath meat, let him do 
likewise. 

Luke 6. 38. Give, and it shall be given unto you; good 
measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running 



§ 401.] Man— Use of Wealth. . 225 

over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same 
measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you 
again. 

a. d. 26.] Luke 14. 13. But when thou makest a feast, call 
the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind : 14 And thou shalt 
be blessed: for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt 
be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 8. 1. Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit 
of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; 
2 How that, in a great trial of affliction, the abundance of their 
joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their 
liberality. 7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, 
and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in 
your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. 9 For 
ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he 
was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through 
his poverty might be rich. u Now therefore perform the doing 
of it ; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a 
performance also out of that which ye have. ia For if there 
be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man 
hath, and not according to that he hath not. 13 For I mean 
not that other men be eased, and you burdened. 34 But by an 
equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a sup- 
ply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply 
for your want ; that there may be equality. 

2 Cor. 9. 6. But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall 
reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall 
reap also bountifully. 7 Every man according as he purposeth 
in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: 
for God loveth a cheerful giver. 10 Now he that ministereth 
seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and mul- 
tiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your right- 
eousness : " Being enriched in every thing to all bountif ul- 
ness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. 12 For 
the administration of this service not only supplieth the want 
of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto 
God ;* 13 While by the experiment of this ministration they 
glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of 
Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto 
all men. 

a. d. 61.] Acts 20. 35. I have showed you all things, how 
that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to re- 
member the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more 
blessed to give than to receive. 

Eph. 4. 28. Let him that stole steal no more : but rather let 
him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, 
that he may have to give to him that needeth. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 13. 16. But to do good and to com- 



226 • Man— Use of Wealth. [§402,403. 

municate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well 
pleased. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 6. 17. Charge thern that are rich in this 
world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain 
riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things 
to enjoy ; 18 That they do good, that they be rich in good 
works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate ; 19 Lay- 
ing up in store for themselves a good foundation against the 
time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. 



§ 402. Let every man lay by on the first day of the 
week, according as God hath prospered him, not 
grudgingly, or of necessity, for God loveth a cheer- 
ful giver. 

b. c. 1491.] Exod. 25. 2. Speak unto the children of Israel, 
that they bring me an offering : of every man that giveth it 
willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. 

Exod. 35. 4. And Moses spake unto all the congregation of 
the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the 
Lord commanded, saying, 5 Take ye from among you an 
offering unto the Lord : whosoever is of a willing heart, let 
him bring it, an offering of the Lord. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 16. 1. Now concerning the collection for 
the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, 
even so do ye. 2 Upon the first day of the week let every one 
of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him. 

A. D. 57.] 2 Cor. 9. 5. Therefore I thought it necessary to 
exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and 
make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice be- 
fore, that the same might be rea"dy, as a matte?' of bounty, and 
not as of covetousness. 7 Every man according as he purpos- 
eth in his heart, so let Mm give; not grudgingly, or of neces- 
sity : for God loveth a cheerful giver. 

§ 403. Do not give to be seen of men, but do it with 

simplicity. 

A. d. 27.] Matt. 6. 1. Take heed that ye do not your alms 
before men, to be seen of them : otherwise ye have no reward 
of your Father which is in heaven. 2 Therefore when thou 
doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the 
hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they 
may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have 
their reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left 
hand know what thy right hand doeth : 4 That thine alms 



§ 404, 405.] Man— Use of Wealth, Foreigners. 227 

may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret him- 
self shall reward thee openly. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 12. 8. He that giveth let him do it with 
simplicity. 

§ 404. Harden not thy heart, nor shut thy hand from 

the poor. 

b. c. 14,51.] Deut. 15. 7. If there be among you a poor man 
of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land 
which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden 
thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: 8 But 
thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely 
lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. 
10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be 
grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this 
thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and 
in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. n For the poor shall 
never cease out of the land : therefore I command thee, say- 
ing, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy 
poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 11. 26. He that withholdeth corn, the 
people shall curse him. 

Prov. 14. 31. He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his 
Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. 

Prov. 17. 5. Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his 
Maker. 

b. c. 713.] Isa. 32.. 7. The instruments also of the churl are 
evil : he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with 
lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. 

b. c. 700.] Prov. 28. 27. He that giveth unto the poor shall 
not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. 

a.d. 61.] James 2. 15. If a brother or sister be naked, and 
destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, 
Depart in peace, be ye warmed and tilled ; notwithstanding ye 
give tiiem not those things which are needful to the body; 
what doth it profit ? 

a.d. 69.] Uohn 3. 17. But whoso hath this world's good, 
and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels 
of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in 
him? 

§ 405. . The foreigyier shall be treated with justice the 

same as a citizen. 

b. c. 1491.] Exod. 22. 21. Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, 
nor oppress him. 

b. c. I490.] Lev. 19. 33. And if a stranger sojourn with thee 
11 



228 Man— Giving Testimony. [§406-408. 

in your land, ye shall not vex him. 34 But the stranger that 
dwelleth with, you shall be unto you as one born among you, 
and thou shalt love him as thyself. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 1. 16. And I charged your judges at that 
time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and 
judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the 
stranger that is with him. 17 Ye shall not respect persons in 
judgment. 

Deut. 24. 17. Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the 
stranger. 

§ 406. Thou shalt not bear false witness. 

b. c. 1591.] Exod. 20. 16. Thou shalt not bear false witness 
against thy neighbour. 

b. c. 1490.] Deut. 19. 16. If a false witness rise up against 
any man to testify against him that which is wrong; 17 Then 
both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand 
before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which 
shall be in those days; 18 And the judges shall make diligent 
inquisition. 

B. c. 1000.] Prov. 19. 5. A false witness shall not be un- 
punished ; and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. 

§ 407. No man shall be condemned by the testimony 

of one witness only. 

b. c. 1451.] Num. 35. 30. Whoso killeth any person, the 
murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: 
but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause 
him to die. 

Deut. 17. 6. At the mouth of two witnesses, or three wit- 
nesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; out 
at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. 

Deut. 19. 18. One witness shall not rise up against a man 
for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: 
at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three wit- 
nesses, shall the matter be established. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 18. 16. But if he will not hear thee, then 
take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or 
three witnesses every word may be established. 

a. d. 58.] 2 Cor. 13. 1. In the mouth of two or three witnesses 
shall every word be established. 

§ 408. Do not lie, but speak the truth. 

b. c. 1490.] Lev. 19. 11. Neither deal falsely, neither lie one 
to another. 



§409,410.] Man— Talking. 229 

B.C. 1000.] Prov. 12.19. The lip of truth shall be established 
for ever : but a lying tongue is but for a moment. 22 Lying 
lips are abomination to the Lord : but they that deal truly are 
his delight. 

b. c. 518.] Zech. 8. 16. These are the things that ye shall 
do ; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour : execute 
the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: "And let 
none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour ; 
and love no false oath : for all these are things that I hate, 
saith the Lord. 

A. d. 61.] Eph. 4. 25. "Wherefore putting away lying, speak 
every man truth with his neighbour : for we are members one 
of another. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 3. 9. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye 
have put off the old man with his deeds. 

§ 409. Speak evil of no man. 

b. c. 1060.] Psa. 34. 13. Keep thy tongue from evil, and 
thy lips from speaking guile. 

Psa. 140. 11. Let not an evil speaker be established in the 
earth : evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Peter 2. 1. Wherefore laying aside all malice, 
and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speak- 
ings, 2 As new born babes, desire the sincere milk of the 
word, that ye may grow thereby. 

1 Peter 3. 10. For he that will love life, and see good days, 
let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they 
speak no guile. 

A. d. 61.] Eph. 4. 31. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and 
anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, 
with all malice. 

James 4. 11. Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He 
that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, 
speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou 
judge the law. thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 

a. d. 65.] Titus 3. 1. Put them in mind to be subject to princi- 
palities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every 
good work, 2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, 
hit gentle, showing all meekness unto all men. 

§ 410. Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 

B. c. 1000.] Prov. 10. 8. A prating fool shall fall. 19 In the 
multitude of words there wanteth not sin : but he that refrain- 
eth his lips is wise. 

Prov. 13. 3. He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life, 
but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. 



230 Man— Talking. [§411,412. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 15. 28. The heart of the righteous studieth 
to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil 
things. 

Prov. 17. 27. He that hath knowledge spareth his words: 
and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. 28 Even 
a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise : and he 
that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. 

Prov. 21. 23. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, 
keepeth his soul from troubles. 

Eccl. 5. 2. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine 
heart be hasty to utter any thing before God : for God is in 
heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few. 
3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and 
a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. 

b. c. 700.] Prov. 29. 11. A fool uttereth all his mind: but 
a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. 20 Seest thou a man 
that is hasty in his words ? there is more hope of a fool than 
of him. 

a. d. 61.] James 1. 19. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let 
every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. 
26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridle th 
not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's relig- 
ion is vain. 

James 3. 2. If any man offend not in word, the same is a 
perfect man, ajid&ble also to bridle the whole body. 

§ 411. Do not flatter. 

b. c. 1016.] Psa. 12. 3. The Lord shall cut off all flattering 
lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things. 

b. c. 700.] Prov. 26. 28. A flattering mouth worketh ruin. 

Prov. 28. 23. He that rebnketh a man, afterwards shall find 
more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. 

Prov. 29. 5. A man that flattereth his neighbour spread eth 
a net for his feet. 

a. d. 52. ] 1 Thess. 2. 4. But as we were allowed of God to 
be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak : not as pleas- 
ing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. 5 For neither at 
any time use we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloak of 
covetousness ; God is witness. 

§ 412. Do not be a talebearer. 

b. c. 1490.] Lev. 19. 16. Thou shalt not go up and down as 
a talebearer among thy people. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 11. 13. A talebearer revealeth secrets: 
but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. 

Prov. 17. 9. He that covereth a transgression seeketh love ; 
but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. 



§413,414.] Man— Talking. 231 

« 

Prov. 18. 8. The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and 
they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. 

Prov. 20. 13. He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth 
secrets : therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with 
his lips. 

§ 413. Do not revile nor curse. 

b. c. 1491.] Exod. 22. 28. Thou shalt not revile the gods, 
nor curse the ruler of thy people. 

b. c. 977.] Eccl. 10. 20. Curse not the king, no not in thy 
thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber. 

a. d. 27. ~\ Matt. 5. 44. Bless them that curse you. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 12. 14. Bless them which persecute you: 
bless, and curse not. 

a. d. 60.~\ 1 Pet. 2. 21. Because Christ also suffered for us, 
leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: 
23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suf- 
fered, he threatened not ; but committed himself to him that 
judgeth righteously. 

a. d. 61.] James 3. 10. Out of the same mouth proceedeth 
blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not 
so to be. 

§ 414. Do not speak harshly nor use grievous words, but 
speak pleasantly and be courteous. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 12. 18. There is that speaketh like the 
piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. 
26 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop : but a good 
word maketh it glad. 

Prov. 15. 1. A soft answer turneth away wrath: but griev- 
ous words stir up anger. 23 A man hath joy by the answer of 
his mouth : and a word spoken in due season, how good is it ! 

Prov. 16. 21. The wise in heart shall be called prudent: 
and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning. 24 Pleasant 
words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to 
the bones. 

b. c. 977.] Eccl. 10. 12. The words of a wise man's mouth 
are gracious ; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 

b. c. 700.] Prov. 25. 11. A word fitly spoken is like apples 
of gold in pictures of silver. 15 A soft tongue breaketh the 
bone. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Pet. 3. 8. Be courteous : 9 Not rendering evil 
for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blesskig; 
knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit 
a blessing. 



232 Man— Talking, Good Works. [§ 415, 416. 

§ 415. Do not talk about lewd actions. Let nothing 
corrupt proceed from your mouth — no jilthiness or 
foolish talking or jesting : but let your words be ac- 
ceptable to God, and beneficial to men. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 19. 14. Let the words of my mouth, and 
the meditations of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O 
Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. 

b. c. 539.] Psa. 50. 23. To him that ordereth Ms conversation 
aright will I show the salvation of God. 

A. D. 27.] Matt. 12. 34. For out of the abundance of the 
heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good 
treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things : and an evil 
man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36 But 
I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, 
they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For 
by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou 
shalt be condemned. 

A. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 15. 33. Evil communications corrupt good 
manners. 

A. d. 61.] Eph. 4. 29. Let no corrupt communication pro- 
ceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of 
edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. 

Eph. 5. 3. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetous- 
ness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints ; 
4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting. 

A. d. 62.] Col. 3. 8. But now ye also put off all these ; anger, 
wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your 
mouth. a6 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all 
wisdom. 

Col. 4. 5. Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, 
redeeming the time. c Let your speech be always with grace, 
seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer 
every man. 

§ 416. Be careful to maintain good works, and be zeal- 
ous therein. 

b. c. 539.] Psa. 37. 3. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so 
shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 
27 Depart from evil, and do good ; and dwell for evermore. 

b. c. 760.] Isa. 1. 17. Learn to do well; seek judgment, re- 
lieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 

A. D. 27.] Matt. 5. 16. Let your light so shine before men, 
that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father 
which is in heaven. 

A. d. 29.] John 15. 8. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye 
bear much fruit ; so shall ye be my disciples. 



§417.] Man— Good Works. 233 

A. d. 52.] Gal. 4. 18. But it is good to be zealously affected 
always in a good thing. 

Gal. 6. 9. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due 
season we shall reap, if we faint not. 10 As we have therefore 
opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them 
who are of the household of faith. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Peter 2. 15. For so is the will of God, that with 
well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men. 

a. D. 62.] Col. 1. 10. That ye might walk worthy of the 
Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, 
and increasing in the knowledge of God. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 10. 24. And let us consider one another to 
provoke unto love and to good works. 

a. d. 65.] Titns 2. 7. In all things showing thyself a pattern 
of good works: 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the 
glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus 
Christ ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us 
from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, 
zealous of good works. 

Titus 3. 1. Put them in mind to be subject to principalities 
and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good 
work. u And let ours also learn to maintain good works for 
necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful. 

§ 417. Give the oppressed their rights, and visit the 

fatherless and toidoics. 

b. c. 760.] Isa. 1. 17. Learn to do well; seek judgment, re- 
lieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 58. 6. Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? 
to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, 
and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? 
7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring 
the poor that are cast out to thy house ? when thou seest the 
naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself 
from thine own flesh ? 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 25. 34. Then shall the King say unto them 
on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the 
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 
35 For I was ahungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, 
and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: 
I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the right- 
eous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee ahungered, 
and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw 
we thee a stranger, and took thee in ? or naked, and clothed 
thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came 
unto thee ? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, 



234 Man— Works, Grace. [§418,419. 

Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one 
of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 

A. d. 61.] James 1. 27. Pure religion and undefined before 
God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows 
in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the 
world. 

§ 418. Impose no voluntary humiliation on yourself. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 2. 18. Let no man beguile you of your re- 
ward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, in- 
truding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly 
puffed up by his fleshly mind. 20 Why... are ye subject to 
ordinances : "(Touch not, taste not, handle not;) 22 Which all 
are to perish with the using, after the commandments and 
doctrines of men? 23 Which things have indeed a show of 
wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and neglecting of the 
body ; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh" 

§419. We are not justified by the loorJcs of the laio, 
but by God's grace, through faith in the redemption 
that is in Christ Jesus. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 53. 11. By his knowledge shall my righteous 
servant justify many ; for he shall bear their iniquities. 

A. d. 52.] Gal. 2. 16. Knowing that a man is not justified 
by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even 
we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified 
by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law : for 
by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. 21 For if 
righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. 

Gal. 3. 2. Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, 
or by the hearing of faith? 3 Are ye so foolish? having begun 
in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 8 And 
the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen 
through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, say- 
ing, In thee shall all nations be blessed. 9 So then they which 
be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. 14 That the 
blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Je- 
sus Christ ; that w T e might receive the promise of the Spirit 
through faith. 

Gal. 5. 4. Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever 
of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 3. 20. Therefore by the deeds of the law 
there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is 
the knowledge of sin. 21 But now the righteousness of God 
without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and 
the prophets. 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by 



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faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe; 
for there is no difference ; 23 For all have sinned, and come 
short of the glory of God; 24 Being justified freely by his 
grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus : 25 Whom 
God hath set. forth to oe a propitiation through faith in his 
blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins 
that are prist, through the forbearance of God ; 26 To declare, 
I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, 
and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. 27 Where is 
boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? 
Nay; but by the law of faith. 28 Therefore we conclude that 
a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. 31 Do 
we then make void the law through faith ? God forbid : yea, 
we establish the law. 

A. d. 65.] Titus 3. 7. That being justified by his grace, we 
should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 

§ 420. We are saved, not by our good toorks, but by the 
forbearance, mercy, and grace of God and of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

a. d. 52.] Acts 15. 11. But we believe that through the 
grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 3. 24. Being justified freely by his grace 
through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus : 25 Whom God 
hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, 
to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are 
past, through the forbearance of God, 

Rom. 6. 14. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for 
ve are not under the law, but under grace. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 1, 7. In whom we have redemption through 
his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of 
his grace, 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 2. 8. For by grace are ye saved through faith; 
and that not of yourselves : it is the gift of God : 9 JSTot of works, 
lest any man should boast. 

a. d. 65.~\ Titus 2. 11. For the grace of God that bringeth 
salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, deny- 
ing ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, 
righteously, and godly, in this present world, 

Titus 3. 3. For we ourselves also were sometime foolish, dis- 
obedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living 
in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 4 But 
after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward 
man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we 
have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the 
washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. 
11* 



236 Man— Adoption. |~8 421. 

§ 421. The righteous, through faith hi Christ, are the 
children of God by adoption. 

a. d. 26. ~\ John 1. 12. As many as received him, to them 
gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that 
believe on his name. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 5. 9. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they 
shall be called the children of God. 

a. D. 29.] Luke 20. 35 They which shall be accounted wor- 
thy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, 
36 Are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. 

John 11. 51. He prophesied that Jesus should die for that 
nation ; 52 And not for that nation only, but that also he 
should gather together in one the children of God that were 
scattered abroad. 

a. d. 52.] Gal. 3. 26. For ye are all the children of God by 
faith in Christ Jesus. 

Gal. 4. 4. But when the fulness of the time was come, God 
sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 
5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might re- 
ceive the adoption of sons. 6 And because ye are sons, God 
hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, 
Abba, Father. 7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a 
son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 6. 17. And I will receive you, 18 And will 
be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, 
saith the Lord Almighty. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 8. 14. For as many as are led by the Spirit 
of God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received 
the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the 
spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The 
Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the 
children of God : 17 And if children, then heirs ; heirs of God, 
and joint heirs with Christ ; if so be that we suffer with Mm, 
that we may be also glorified together. 

A. d. 62.] Phil. 2. 15. That ye may be blameless and harm- 
less, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a 
crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights 
in the world. 

A. d. 69.~\ 1 John 3. 1. Behold, what manner of love the 
Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the 
sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it 
knew him not. 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and 
it doth not yet appear what we shall be : but we know that, 
when he shall appear, we shall be like him ; for we shall see 
him as he is. 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and 
the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness 
is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 



§ 422, 423.] Man — Brotherly Love. 237 

§ 422. Love one another. 

a. d. 29. ~\ John 13. 34. A new commandment I give unto 
you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye 
also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye 
are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Peter 1. 22. Seeing ye have purified your souls 
in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of 
the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart 
fervently. 

1 Peter 3. 8. Finally, be ye all of one mind, having com- 
passion one of another ; love as brethren, he pitiful, he 
courteous. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 5. 2. And walk in love, as Christ also hath 
loved us. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 10. 24. And let us consider one another to 
provoke unto love and to good works. 

Heb. 13. 1. Let brotherly love continue. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 3. 11. For this is the message that ye 
heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because 
we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth 
in death. 2S And this is his commandment, That we should 
believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one an- 
other, as he gave us commandment. 

1 John 4. 10. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but 
that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for 
our sins. " Beloved, if God. so loved us, we ought also to love 
one another. 12 If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, 
and his love is perfected in us. 20 If a man say, I love God, 
and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not 
his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom 
he hath not seen ? 21 And this commandment have we from 
him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. 

§423. He that loves his neighbour as himself fulfils all 

the law. 

b. c. 1^90.] Lev. 19. 18. Thou shaft not avenge, nor bear 
any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt 
love thy neighbour as thyself : I am the Lord. 

A. D. 29.] Matt. 22. 37. Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt 
love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy 
soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great 
commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt 
love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments 
hang all the law and the prophets. 

A. d. 52.] Gal. 5. 13. By love serve one another. 14 For all 



238 Man — Christian Perfection. [§ 424, 425. 

the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this : Thou shalt love 
thy neighbour as thyself. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 13. 8. Owe no man any thing, but to love one 
another : for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 9 For 
this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, 
Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou 
shalt not covet; and if there he any other commandment, it is 
briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love 
thy neighbour as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his 
neighbour; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.' 

A. d. 69.] 1 John 2. 10. He that loveth his brother abideth 
in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 

§ 424. Walk before God and be perfect. 

b. c. 1897.] Gen. 17. 1. I am the Almighty God; walk be- 
fore me, and be thou perfect. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 18. 13. Thou shalt be perfect with the 
Lord thy God. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 5. 48. Be ye therefore perfect, even as yonr 
Father which is in heaven is perfect. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 7. 1. Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthi- 
ness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 12. 2. That ye may prove what is that good, 
and acceptable, and perfect will of God. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Pet. 5. 10. But the God of all grace, who hath 
called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye 
have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, 
settle you. 

a. d. 61.] James 1. 4. But let patience have her perfect 
work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 

A. d. 62.] Col. 4. 12. That ye may stand perfect and com- 
plete in all the will of God. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 6. 1. Therefore leaving the principles of 
the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection. 

Heb. 10. 14. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever 
them that are sanctified. 

Heb. 13. 20. Now the God of peace, that brought again from 
the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, 
through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 Make you 
perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you 
that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; 
to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

§ 425. Be holy, for this is the will of God, even your 

sanctification. 

b. c. 1490.] Lev. 19. 2. Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord 
your God am holy. 



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b. c. 1490.] Lev. 20. 7. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and 
be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God. 

a. d. 29. ~\ John 17. 17. Sanctify them through thy truth: 
thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent me into the world, 
even so have I also sent them into the world. 19 And for their 
sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified 
through the truth. 20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for 
them also which shall believe on me through their word. 

a. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 4. 3. For this is the will of God, even 
your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication : 
4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel 
in sanctification and honour ; 7 For God hath not called us 
unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. 

1 Thess. 5. 23. And the very God of peace sanctify you 
wdiolly ; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body 
be* preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

2 Thess. 2. 13. Because God hath from the beginning chosen 
you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief 
of the truth. 

A. d. 60.] Acts 20. 32. And now, brethren, I commend you 
to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build 
you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which 
are sanctified. 

1 Peter 1. 2. Elect according to the foreknowledge of God 
the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obe- 
dience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace 
unto you, and peace, be multiplied. 15 But as he which hath 
called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversa- 
tion ; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy ; for I am holy. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 1. 12. Giving thanks unto the Father, which 
hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the 
saints in light. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 3. 3. And every man that hath this hope 
in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 



§ 426. We are purchased by the blood of Christ Jesus, 
and through faith in his redemption we have justifi- 
cation^ forgiveness of sins , and peace ivith God, 

A. d. 58.] Kom. 3. 24. Being justified freely by his grace 
through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom 
God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his 
blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins 
that are past, through the forbearance of God. 

Rom. 5. 9. Much more then, being now justified by his 
blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 



240 Man — Christian Perfection. [§ 427. 

A. d. 60.] 1 Pet. 1. 18. Forasmuch as ye know that ye were 
not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from 
your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 
19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without 
blemish and without spot. 

Acts 20. 28. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all 
the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you over- 
seers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with 
his own blood. 

A. d. 61.] Eph. 1. 7. In whom we have redemption through 
his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of 
his grace. 

A. d. 62.] Col. 1. 14. In whom we have redemption through 
his blood, even the forgiveness of sins. 20 Having made peace 
through the blood of his cross. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 9. 12. Neither by the blood of goats and 
calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy 
place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 13 For if 
the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer 
sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the 
flesh; 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who 
through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, 
purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living 
God? 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 5. 9. For thou wast slain, and hast re- 
deemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and 
tongue, and people, and nation. 



§ 427. By the blood of Christ Jesus we have liberty to 
enter into the holiest, are sanctified, and cleansed from 
all sin. 

A. d. 63.] Heb. 10. 19. Having therefore, brethren, boldness 
to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus. 

Heb. 13. 12. Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people 
with his own blood, suffered without the gate. 

A. d. 69.] 1 John 1. 7. But if we walk in the light, as he is 
in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the 
blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 1. 5. Unto him that loved us, and washed 
us from our sins in his own blood, 6 Aud hath made us kings 
and priests unto God and his Father : to him be glory and do- 
minion for ever and ever, Amen. 

Rev. 7. 14. And he said to me, These are they which came 
out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and 
made them white in the blood of the Lamb, 



§ 428-430.] Max — Christian Priesthood. 241 

§ 428. They that obey from the heart are free from the 

dominion of sin. 

a. d. 29.] John 8. 31. Then said Jesus to those Jews which 
believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my 
disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the 
truth shall make you free. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 6. 14. For sin shall not have dominion 
over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 
17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but 
ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which 
was delivered you. 18 Being then made free from sin, ye be- 
came the servants of righteousness. 22 But now being made 
free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit 
unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 

Rom. 8. 2. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus 
hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 

a. d. 69.] 1 John 3. 6. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth 
not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. 
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin ; for his seed re- 
maineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 

1 John 5. 18. We know that whosoever is born of God sin- 
neth not: but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and 
that wicked one toucheth him not. 

§ 429. All the children of God are priests — offering 
spiritual sacrifices — entering into the holiest. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 61. 6. But ye shall be named the priests of 
the Lord: men shall call you the ministers of our God. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Peter 2. 5. Ye also, as lively stones, are built 
up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual 
sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 9 But ye are a 
chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar 
people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who 
hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. 

A. d. 63.] Heb. 10. 19. Having therefore, brethren, boldness 
to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 1. 5. Unto him that loved us, and washed us 
from our sins in his own blood, 6 And hath made us kings 
and priests unto God and his Father; to him ~be glory and 
dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 

§ 430. There shall be onefold, without division, that all 
the members may have the same care one for another, 
and that the world may believe in Christ. 

A. d. 29.] John 10. 16. And other sheep I have, which are 
not of this fold : them also I must bring, and they shall hear 
my voice: and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. 



242 Man — Church Polity. [§431,432. 

A. D. 29. ~\ John 17. 11. And now I am no more in the world, 
but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, 
keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, 
that they may be one as we are. 20 Neither pray 1 for these alone, 
but for them also which shall believe on me through their 
word. 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in 
me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us : that the 
world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory 
which thou gavest me I have given them ; that they may be 
one, even as we are one. 

A. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 12. 24. God hath tempered the body to- 
gether, having given more abundant honour to that part 
which lacked : 25 That there should be no schism in the body ; 
but that the members should have the same care one for 
another. 26 And whether one member suffer, ail the members 
suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members 
rejoice with it, 27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and mem- 
bers in particular, 

§ 431. God has given to the Church apostles, prophets, 
evangelists, pastors, and teachers, for the work of the 
ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ. 

a. d. 5(5.] 1 Cor. 12. 27. Now ye are the body of Christ, 
and members in particular. 28 And God hath set some in the 
church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, 
after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, 
diversities of tongues. 

a. d. .61.] Eph. 4, 7. But unto every one of us is given 
grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8 Where- 
fore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity 
captive, and gave gifts unto men. " And he gave some, apos- 
tles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, 
pastors and teachers ; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for 
the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of 
Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of 
the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto 
the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 16 From 
whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by 
that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual 
working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the 
body unto the edifying of itself in love. 

§ 432, The abilities and duties of gospel ministers differ 

in different persons. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 12. 4. Now there are diversities of gifts, 
but the same spirit. 6 And there are differences of adminis- 
trations, but the same Lord. "And there are diversities of 



433.] 



Man — Church Polity. 243 



operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. 
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to 
profit withal. 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of 
wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same 
Spirit; ° To another faith by the same Spirit ; to another the 
gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 10 To another the work- 
ing of miracles ; to another prophecy ; to another discerning 
of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the 
interpretation of tongues : n But all these worketh that one 
and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he 
will. 12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and 
all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: 
so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into 
one body, whether we ~be Jews or Gentiles, whether we ~be bond 
or free ; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 
14 For the body is not one member, but many. 15 If the foot 
shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; 
is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear shall say, 
Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body ; is it there- 
fore not of the body ? 17 If the whole body were an eye, where 
were the hearing ? If the whole were hearing, where were the 
smelling ? 18 But now hath God set the members every one of 
them in the body, as it hath pleased him. 19 And if they were 
all one member, where were the body? 20 But now are they 
many members, yet but one body. 22 Nay, much more those 
members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are neces- 
sary : 23 And those members of the body, which we think to 
be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant 
honour ; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeli- 
ness. 24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath 
tempered the body together, having given more abundant 
honour to that part which lacked: 25 That there should be no 
schism in the body ; but that the members should have the 
same care one for another. 26 And whether one member suf- 
fer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be hon- 
oured, all the members rejoice with it. 27 Now ye are the 
body of Christ, and members in particular. 

a. d. 58.] Kom. 12. 4. For as we have many members in one 
body, and all members have not the same office : 5 So we, 
leing many, are one body in Christ, and every one members 
one of another. 

§ 433. JVo one person has all gifts, and each person is 
responsible only for the use of the gifts which he has. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 12. 14. For the body is not one member, 
but many. 15 If the foot shall say, Because I amjiot the hand, 
I am not of-the body ; is it therefore not of the body ? 10 And 



244 Man — Church Polity. [§ 434, 435. 

if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the 
body ; is it therefore not of the body ? " If the whole body 
were an eye, where were the hearing ? If the whole were hear- 
ing, where were the smelling ? 18 But now hath God set the 
members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased 
him. 19 And if they were all one member, where were the 
body ? 20 But now are they many members, yet but one body. 

21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of 
thee : nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 

22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem 
to be more feeble, are necessary. 29 Are all apostles ? are all 
prophets ? are all teachers ? are all workers of miracles ? 
30 Have all the gifts of healing ? do all speak with tongues? 
do all interpret ? 

a.b.58.] Rom. 12. 6. Having then gifts differing according 
to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us 
prophesy according to the proportion of faith; 7 Or ministry, 
let us wait on our ministering ; or he that teacheth, on teach- 
ing; 8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, 
let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; 
he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness. 

§ 434. Colleagues and successors of the apostles in the 
general super intendency of the Church are acknowl- 
edged as such by laying on of the hands of the Pres- 
bytery. 

a. d. lf.5.~\ Acts 13. 2. As they ministered to the Lord, and 
fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul 
for the work whereunto I have called them. 3 And when they 
had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they 
sent them away. 

a. d. 53.] Acts 16. 1. Then came he to Derbe and Lystra : 
and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, 
the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed ; 
but his father icas a Greek: 2 Which was well reported of by 
the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. 3 Him would 
Paul have to go forth with him. 

1 Tim. 4. 14. Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which 
was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands 
of the presbytery. 

§ 435. Suitable persons are appointed to be Elders in the 
Church by the general Superintendent. 

A. D. 45.] Acts 14. 23. And when they had ordained them 
elders in evety church, and had prayed with fasting, they 
commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed. 



§436,437.] Man— Church Polity. 245 

A. T>. 65.] 2 Tim. 2. 2. And the things that thou hast heard 
of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faith- 
ful men, who shall be able to teach others also. 

Titus 1. 5. For this cause left I thee iu Crete, that thou 
shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain 
elders in every city, as I had appointed thee. 

§ 436. Personal character and reputation which is essen- 
tial in an Elder or Bishop. 

a. d. 65. ] 1 Tim. 3. 1. This is a true saying, If a man de- 
sire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A 
bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, 
vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to 
teach; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy 
lucre ; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous ; 4 One that 
ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection 
with all gravity ; B (For if a man know not how to rule his 
own house, how shall he take care of the church of God ?) 
6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the 
condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover he must have a good 
report of them which are without; lest lie fall into reproach 
and the snare of the devil. 

Titus 1. 6. If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, 
having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. 7 For 
a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self- 
willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not 
given to filthy lucre ; 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of 
good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; 9 Holding fast the 
faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by 
sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. 

§437. The general Superintendents advise other Elders 
where their services are needed. 

A. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 3. 1. Wherefore when we could no 
longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; 
2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and 
our fellow labourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, 
and to comfort you concerning your faith. 

A. d. 53.] Acts 17. 14. And then immediately the brethren 
sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and 
Timotheus abode there still. i5 And they that conducted 
Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a command- 
ment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all 
speed, they departed. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 16. 3. And when I come, whomsoever ye 
shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your 



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liberality unto Jerusalem. 4 And if it be meet that I go also, 
they shall go with me. 10 Now if Timotheus come, see that 
he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work 
of the Lord, as I also do. n Let no man therefore despise 
him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come 
unto me : for I look for him with the brethren. 12 As 
touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come 
unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to 
come at this time : but he will come when he shall have con- 
venient time. 

a. d. 59.] Acts 19. 22. So he sent into Macedonia two of 
them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus ; but 
he himself stayed in Asia for a season. 

A. d. 60.] 1 Peter 5. 12. By Sylvanus, a faithful brother 
unto you, as I suppose, I hawe written briefly, exhorting, 
and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye 
stand. 

a. d. 68.] Eph. 6. 21. But that ye also may know my 
affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faith- 
ful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things: 
22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye 
might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your 
hearts. 

A. d. 62.] Phil. 2. 19. But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send 
Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good com- 
fort, when I know your state. 20 For I have no man like- 
minded, who will naturally care for your state. 21 For all seek 
their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. 22 But 
ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, lie 
hath served with me in the gospel. 2S Him therefore I hope 
to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with 
me. 24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come 
shortly. 25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaph- 
roditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellow 
soldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my 
wants. 26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heavi- 
ness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. 27 For 
indeed he was sick nigh unto death : but God had mercy on 
him : and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have 
sorrow upon sorrow. 28 I sent him therefore the more care- 
fully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I 
may be the less sorrowful. 29 Receive him therefore in the 
Lord with all gladness ; and hold such in reputation. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 4. 7. All my state shall Tychicus declare 
unto you, ivho is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and 
fellow servant in the Lord: 8 Whom I have sent unto you for 
the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and com- 
fort your hearts ; 9 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved 



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brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto 
you all things which are done here. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 1. 3. As I besought thee to abide still at 
Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest 
charge some that they teach no other doctrine, 4 Neither give 
heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister ques- 
tions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith : so do. 

A. d. 65.] 2 Tim. 4. 9. Do thy diligence to come shortly 
unto me : 10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this 
present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica ; Crescens to 
Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. 1J Only Luke is with me. Take 
Mark, and bring him with thee, for he is profitable to me 
for the ministry. 12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. 
w Erastus abode at Corinth : but Trophimus have I left at 
Miletum sick. 21 Do thy diligence to come before winter. 

Titus 1. 5. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou 
shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain 
elders in every city, as I had appointed thee. 

Titus 3. 12. When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or 
Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I 
have determined there to winter. 13 Bring Zenas the lawyer 
and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be want- 
ing unto them. 

§ 438. The general Superintendents advise Churches 
where to apply their benevolent gifts. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 16. 3. And when I come, whomsoever ye 
shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your 
liberality unto Jerusalem. 4 And if it be meet that I go also, 
they shall go with me. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 8. 13. For I mean not that other men be 
eased, and ye burdened: 14 But by an equality, that now at 
this time your abundance may oe a supply for their want, that 
their abundance also may be a supply for your want, that 
there may be equality : 15 As it is written, He that had gath- 
ered much had nothing over ; and he that had gathered little 
had no lack. 16 But thanks oe to God, which put the same 
earnest care iuto the heart of Titus for you. " For indeed he 
accepted the exhortation ; but being more forward, of his own 
accord he went unto you. ls And we have sent with him the 
brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the 
churches ; 1J And not that only, but who was also chosen of 
the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is ad- 
ministered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declara- 
tion of your ready mind : 20 Avoiding this, that no man 
should blame us in this abundance which is administered 
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§ 439. The Elders must warn sinners, preach the gos- 
pel, baptize, oversee and feed the Church, and be ex- 
amples to the people. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 58. 1. Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice 
like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and 
the house of Jacob their sins. 

b. c. 612.] Jer. 3. 15. And I will give you pastors accord- 
ing to my heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and 
understanding. 

b. c. 595.] Ezek. 2. 6. And thou, son of man, be not afraid 
of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and 
thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: 
be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, 
though they be a rebellious house. 7 And thou shalt speak 
my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether 
they will forbear: for they are most rebellious. 

Ezek. 3. 17. Son of man, I have made thee a watchman 
unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my 
mouth, and give them warning from me. 18 When I say unto 
the wicked, Thou shalt surely die ; and thou givest him not 
warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked 
way, to save his life ; the same wicked man shall die in his 
iniquity ; but his blood will I require at thy hand. 19 Yet if 
thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, 
nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but 
thou hast delivered thy soul. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 28/16. Then the eleven disciples went away 
into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had. appointed them. 
18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is 
given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, 
and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Fa- 
ther, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost : 20 Teaching 
them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded 
you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the 
world. Amen. 

A. d. 60.] Acts 20. 17. And from Miletus he sent to Ephe- 
sus, and called the elders of the church. 18 And when they 
were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first 
day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with 
you at all seasons. 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, 
and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath 
made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath 
purchased with his own blood. 

1 Peter 5. 1. The elders which are among you I exhort, who 
am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and 
also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: 2 Feed 
the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight 



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thereof, not by constraint, but willingly ; not for filthy lucre, 
but of a ready mind ; 3 Neither as being lords over God's 
heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 3. 2. A bishop then must be blameless, 
apt to teach. 4 One that ruleth well his own house, having 
his children in subjection with all gravity. 5 For if a man 
know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care 
of the church of God ? 

1 Tim. 4. 11. These things command and teach. 12 Let no 
man despise thy youth ; but be thou an example of the be- 
lievers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, 
in purity. 13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to ex- 
hortation, to doctrine. 

1 Tim. 5. 17. Let the elders that rule well be counted wor- 
thy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word 
and doctrine. 

2 Tim. 2. 2. And the things that thou hast heard of me 
among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, 
who shall be able to teach others also. 

2 Tim. 4. 2. Preach the word ; be instant in season, out of 
season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and 
doctrine. 

Titus 1. 7. For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of 
God ; 9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, 
that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to 
convince the gainsay ers. 

Titus 2. 1. But speak thou the things which become sound 
doctrine. 15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with 
all authority. Let no man despise thee. 

§ 440. God, having called a person to the office of an 
Elder, holds him to account for any neglect of his 
calling. 

b. c. 595.] Ezek. 3. 17. Son of man, I have made thee a 
watchman unto the house of Israel : therefore hear the word 
at my mouth, and give them warning from me. 18 When I say 
unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him 
not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked 
way, to save his life ; the same wicked man shall die in his 
iniquity ; but his blood will I require at thy hand. 19 Yet if 
thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, 
nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but 
thou hast delivered thy soul. 20 Again, When a righteous 
man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, 
and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die : because 
thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and 
his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remem- 



250 Man— Chuech Polity. [§ 441. 

bered ; but his blood will I require at thy hand. 21 Neverthe- 
less, if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin 
not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is 
warned ; also thou hast delivered thy soul. 

A. d. 29.] Acts 4. 18. And they called them, and com- 
manded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of 
Jesus. 19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, 
Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you 
more than unto God, judge ye. 2 ° For we cannot but speak 
the things which we have seen and heard. 21 So when they 
had further threatened them, they let them go, finding noth- 
ing how they might punish them, because of the people: for 
all men glorified God for that which was done. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 9. 16. For though I preach the gospel, I 
have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, 
woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel ! 17 For if I do this 
thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a 
dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. 

§441. JBe careful to maintain sound doctrine. 

A. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 1. 19. Holding faith, and a good con- 
science ; which some having put away concerning faith have 
made shipwreck. 

1 Tim. 4. 16. Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; 
continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thy- 
self, and them that hear thee. 

1 Tim. 6. 12. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on 
eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed 
a good profession before many witnesses. 13 1 give thee charge 
in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before 
Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good 
confession ; 14 That thou keep this commandment without 
spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

a. d. 65.~\ 2 Tim. 1. 13. Hold fast the form of sound words, 
which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in 
Christ Jesus. 

2 Tim. 3. 14. But continue thou in the things which thou 
hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom 
thou hast learned them; 15 And that from a child thou hast 
known the holy Scriptures, w r hich are able to make thee wise 
unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 

Titus 1. 9. Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been 
taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort 
and to convince the gainsay ers. 

Titus 2. 7. In all things showing thyself a pattern of good 
works : in doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 



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8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned ; that he that is of 
the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to 
say of you. 

a. d. 65.] Jude 3. Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write 
unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to 
write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly con- 
tend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. 
4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before 
of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning 
the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only 
Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 

§ 442. Avoid superstitious, fables, and all insincere 

disputations. 

A. D. 65.] 1 Tim. 1. 4. Neither give heed to fables and end- 
less genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly 
edifying which is in faith. 5 Now the end of the command- 
ment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, 
and of faith unfeigned : 6 From which some having swerved 
have turned aside unto vain jangling; 7 Desiring to be teach- 
ers of the .law ; understanding neither what they say, nor 
whereof they affirm. 

1 Tim. 4. 7. But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and 
exercise thyself rather unto godliness. 

1 Tim. 6. 3. If any man teach otherwise, and consent not 
to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; 4 He is 
proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and 
strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil 
surmisings, 5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, 
and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness : 
from such withdraw thyself. 2u O Timothy, keep that whicli 
is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, 
and oppositions of science falsely so called : 21 Which some 
professing have erred concerning the faith. 

2 Tim. 2. 14. Of these things put them in remembrance, 
charging them before the Lord that they strive not about 
words to no profit, out to the subverting of the hearers. 
15 Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that 
needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of 
truth. 16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will 
increase unto more ungodliness. 17 And their word will eat 
as doth a canker : of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus. 23 But 
foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do 
gender strifes. 24 And the servant of the Lord must not 
strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient; 25 In 
meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God 

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252 Man — Church Polity. [§ 443. 

perad venture will give them repentance to the acknowledging 
of the truth; 26 And that they may recover themselves out of 
the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his 
will. 

A. d. 65.] Titus 3. 9. But avoid foolish questions, and gene- 
alogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for 
they are unprofitable and vain. 

§ 443. Let the Elders live holily and unblameably, ob- 
taining the confidence of all classes of people for the 
gospeVs sake ; giving no offence in any thing, that the 
ministry be not blamed. 

A. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 2. 10. Ye are witnesses, and God also, 
how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves 
among you that believed: "As ye know how we exhorted 
and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth 
his children, 12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who 
hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. 

2 Thess. 3. 7. For yourselves know how ye ought to fol- 
low us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among 
you; 8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought: but 
wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we 
might not be chargeable to any of you : 9 Not because we 
have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you 
to follow us. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 4. 1. Let a man so account of us, as of the 
ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 
a Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found 
faithful. 

1 Cor. 9. 19. For though I be free from all men, yet have I 
made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. 
20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the 
Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that 
I might gain them that are under the law ; 21 To them that 
are without law, as without law, (being not without law to 
God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them 
that are without law. 22 To the weak became I as weak, that 
I might aain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that 
I might by all means save some. 23 And this I do for the gos- 
pel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. 27 But 
1 keep under my body, and bring it into subjection : lest that 
by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should 
be a castaway. 

2 Cor. 4. 1. Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we 
have received mercy, we faint not ; 2 But have renounced the 
hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor 
handling the word of God deceitfully; but, by manifestation 






§ 444, 445.] Man — Church Polity. 253 

of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience 
in the sight of God. 

a. d. 56.] 2 Cor. 6. 3. Giving no offence in any thing, that the 
ministry be not blamed : 4 But in all things approving ourselves 
as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in 
necessities, in distresses, 6 In stripes, in imprisonments, in 
tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; 6 By pureness, 
by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy 
Ghost, by love unfeigned, 7 By the word of truth, by the 
power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right 
hand and on the left, 8 By honour and dishonour, by evil re- 
port and good report : as deceivers, and yet true ; 9 As un- 
known, and yet well known ; as dying, and, behold, we live ; 
as chastened, and not killed; 10 As sorrowful, yet always re- 
joicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, 
and yet possessing all things. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 4. 12. Let no man despise thy youth; but 
be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, 
in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 

1 Tim. 5. 22. Keep thyself pure. 

§ 444. Do not fear, and be not ashamed of the testi- 
monies of the Lord ; but study to show thyself ap- 
proved unto God. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 1. 16. For I am not ashamed of the gospel 
of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every 
one that believeth ; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 

a. d. 65. ] 2 Tim. 1. 7. For God hath not given us the spirit 
of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 
8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, 
nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions 
of the gospel according to the power of God. 

2 Tim. 2. 15. Study to show thyself approved unto God, a 
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the 
word of truth. 

§ 445. Temporal necessities of Elders who labour in 
the word and doctrine are supplied by those for whom 
they labour. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 10. 7. And as je go, preach, saying, The 
kingdom of heaven is at hand. 9 Provide neither gold, nor 
silver, nor brass in your purses ; 10 Nor scrip for your journey, 
neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves : for the work- 
man is worthy of his meat. 

a. d. 52.] Gal. 6. 6. Let him that is taught in the word 
communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. 



254 Man — Church Polity. [§ 4 *6. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 9. 7. Who goeth a warfare any time at his 
own charges ? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the 
fruit thereof ? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the 
milk of the flock ? 8 Say I these things as a man ? or saith not 
the law the same also ? 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, 
Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out 
the corn. Doth God take care for oxen ? 10 Or saith he 
it altogether for our sakes ? For our sakes, no doubt,- this is 
written: that he that plougheth should plough in hope: and 
that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. 
11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing 
if we shall reap your carnal things ? 12 If others be partakers 
of this power over you, are not we rather ? Nevertheless we 
have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should 
hinder the gospel of Christ. 13 Do ye not know that they 
which minister about holy things live of the things of the tem- 
ple ? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the 
altar? 14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which 
preach the gospel should live of the gospel. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 5. 17. Let the elders that rule well be 
counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour 
in the word and doctrine. 18 For the Scripture saith, Thou 
shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The 
labourer is worthy of his reward. 

2 Tim. 2. 4. No man that warreth entangleth himself with 
the affairs of this life ; that he may please him who hath 
chosen him to be a soldier. 6 The husbandman that laboureth 
must be first partaker of the fruits. 

§ 446. Esteem and honour the Elders for their works' sake. 

a. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 5. 12. And we beseech you, brethren, to 
know them which labour among you, and are over you in the 
Lord, and admonish you; 13 And to esteem them very highly 
in love for their works' sake. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 16. 16. That ye submit yourselves unto 
such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 13. 7. Remember them which have the rule 
over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose 
faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. 17 Obey 
them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for 
they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that 
they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is un- 
profitable for you. 

a. d. 65.] 1 Tim. 5. 17. Let the elders that rule well be 
counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour 
in the word and doctrine. 



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§ 447. Pray for the Elders that they may be protected 
from evil, that they may have utterance, and that the 
word may have free course. 

a. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 5. 25. Brethren, pray for us. 

2 Thess. 3. 1. Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word 
of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it 
is with you: 2 And that we may be delivered from unreason- 
able and wicked men: for all men have not faith. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 15. 30. Now I beseech you, brethren, for 
the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, 
that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God forme; 
31 That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in 
Judea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may 
be accepted of the saints ; 32 That I may come unto you with 
joy by the will of God, and may w r ith you be refreshed. 

A. d. 61.] Eph. 6. 18. Praying always with all prayer and 
supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all 
perseverance and supplication for all saints; 19 And for me, 
that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my 
mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, 
20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds ; that therein I may 
speak boldly, as I ought to speak. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 4. 3. Withal praying also for us, that God 
would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery 
of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: 4 That I may make 
it manifest, as I ought to speak. 

a. d. 65.] Heb. 13. 18. Pray for us: for we trust we have a 
good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly. 19 But 
I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to 
you the sooner. 

§ 448. Deacons attend especially to the temporal affairs 

of the Church. 

A. d. 31.] Acts 6. 1. And in those days, when the number 
of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of 
the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were 
neglected in the dailv ministration. 2 Then the twelve called 
the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not rea- 
son that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. 
8 Wheref ore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of 
honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we 
may appoint over this business. 4 But we will give ourselves 
continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. 



256 Man— Church Polity. [§449-451. 

§ 449. Deacons are chosen by the p>eople, and appointed 
by the laying on of the hands of the Elders. 

a. d. 31.] Acts 6. 2. Then the twelve called the multitude 
of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we 
should leave the word of God, and serve tables. 3 Wherefore, 
brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, 
full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint 
over this business. B And the saying pleased the whole multi- 
tude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the 
Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and 
Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch ; 
6 Whom they set before the apostles : and when they had 
prayed, they laid their hands on them. 

§ 450. Character, reputation, and circumstances essential 

for a Deacon. 

A. D. 65.] 1 Tim. 3. 8. Likewise must the deacons oe grave, 
not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of 
filthy lucre ; 9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure 
conscience. 10 And let these also first be proved ; then let 
them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. " Even 
so must their wives oe grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in 
all things. 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of oue wife, 
ruling their children and their own houses well. 13 For they 
that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to them- 
selves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is 
in Christ Jesus. 

§451. If any brother is accused of perverseness or of 
crime he shall be tried by the Church, and if guilty, he 
shall be excommunicated. 

a. d. 29.] Matt. 18. 15. Moreover if thy brother shall tres- 
pass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and 
him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 
16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two 
more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word 
may be established. 17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, 
tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, 
let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican. 
18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth 
shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever ye shall loose on 
earth shall be loosed in heaven. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 5. 1. It is reported commonly that there is 
fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much 



§452,453.] Man— Church Polity. 257 

as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's 
wife. 2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, 
that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from 
among you. 3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in 
spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concern- 
ing him that hath so done this deed, 4 In the name of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my 
spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 To deliver 
such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the 
spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 7 Purge 
out therefore the old leaven. 

§ 452. If any who is called a brother lives contrary to 
the commandments of God, put away from among 
yourselves that wicked person. 

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A. D. 52. ~\ 2 Thess. 3. 6. Now we command you, brethren, 
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw your- 
selves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not 
after the tradition which he received of us. 14 And if any 
man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and 
have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. 

A. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 5. 9. I wrote unto you in an epistle not to 
company with fornicators: 10 Yet not altogether with the for- 
nicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or 
with idolaters ; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 
11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if 
any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, 
or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; 
with such a one no not to eat. 12 For what have I to do to 
judge them also that are without ? do not ye judge them that 
are within? 13 But them that are without God judgeth. 
Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked 
person. 

§ 453. Exclude any that teach doctrines contrary to the 
doctrines of Christ and of the apostles. 

a.d.52.] Gal. 1. 7. There be some that trouble you, and 
would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we, or an 
angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than 
that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 
9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach 
any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him 
be accursed. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 16. 17. Now I beseech you, brethren, mark 
them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doc- 
trine which ye have learned; and avoid them. 18 For they 



258 Man — Chueoh Polity. [§ 454. 

that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own 
belly : and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts 
of the simple. 

A. d. 65.] 2 Tim. 3. 5. Having a form of godliness, but de- 
nying the power thereof: from such turn away. ti For of this 
sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly 
women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever 
learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the 
truth. 

Titus 3. 10. A man that is a heretic, after the first and second 
admonition, reject; "Knowing that he that is such is sub- 
verted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself. 

Jude 16. These are murmurers, complainers, walking after 
their own lusts ; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, 
having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. 
17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken 
before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ ; 18 How that 
they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who 
should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 19 These be they 
who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. 

A. d. 85.] 2 John 9. Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth 
not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth 
■in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the 
Bon. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doc- 
trine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God 
speed : u For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of 
his evil deeds. 

§ 454. God will punish the Church if wicked persons 
and false teachers are permitted to remain in its com- 
munion. 

A. D. 96.] Rev. 2. 12. And to the angel of the church in 
Pergamos write ; These things saith he which hath the sharp 
sword with two edges ; i3 1 know thy works, and where thou 
dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou boldest fast my 
name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days 
wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among 
you, where Satan dwelleth. 14 But I have a few things against 
thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of 
Balaam, wdro taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before 
the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and 
to commit fornication. 15 So hast thou also them that hold 
the doctrine of the Mcolaitans, which thing I hate. ^Re- 
pent ; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight 
against them with the sword of my mouth. 18 And unto the 
angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the 
Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and 



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his feet are like fine brass. 19 1 know thy works, and charity, 
and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works ; and 
the last to be more than the first. 20 Notwithstanding I have a 
few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman 
Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to se- 
duce nay servants to commit fornication, and to eat things 
sacrificed unto idols. 21 And I gave her space to repent of her 
fornication ; and she repenteth not. 22 Behold, I will cast her 
into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great 
tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. 23 And I will 
kill her children with death ; and all the churches shall know 
that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will 
give unto every one of you according to your works. 

§ 455. Strangers who are recommended by letter from 
the Church xohere they are known, are to be received 
and helped. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 16. 1. I commend unto you Phebe our sis- 
ter, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: 
2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and 
that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of 
you : for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself 
also. 

§ 456. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God. 

B. c. 1018.] 2 Sam. 23. 1. Now these be the last words of 
David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was 
raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the 
sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2 The Spirit of the Lord spake 
by me, and his word was in my tongue. 3 The God of Israel 
said, the Rock of Israel spake to me. 

B. c. J^JfS.] Neh. 9. 13. Thou earnest down also upon mount 
Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them 
right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and command- 
ments: 14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, 
and commandest them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the 
hand of Moses thy servant. 

a. d. 52.] Gal. 1. 11. But I certify you, brethren, that the 
gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 12 For I 
neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the 
revelation of Jesus Christ. 

1 Thess. 2. 13. For this cause also thank we God without 
ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye 
heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it 
is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also 
in you that believe. 
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260 Max— The Bible. [§ 456. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 2. 1. And I, brethren, when I came to 
you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, de- 
claring unto you the testimony of God. 4 And my speech and 
my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, 
but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 5 That your 
faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the 
power of God. 6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that 
are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the 
princes of this world, that come to nought: 7 But we speak 
the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, 
which God ordained before the world unto our glory; 
13 Which tilings also we speak, not in the words which man's 
wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth ; com- 
paring spiritual things with spiritual. 

1 Cor. 14. 37. If any man think himself to be a prophet, or 
spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write 
unto you are the commandments of the Lord. 

a. d. 60.] 1 Peter 1. 9. Receiving the end of your faith, 
even the salvation of your souls. ao Of which salvation the 
prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who proph- 
esied of the grace that should come upon you: u Searching 
what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was 
in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings 
of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 12 Unto whom it 
was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did 
minister the things, which are now reported unto you by 
them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy 
Ghost sent down from heaven ; which things the angels desire 
to look into. 13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be 
sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought 
unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 

2 Peter 1. 20. Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the 
Scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy 
came not in old time by the will of man : but holy men of 
God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 3. 2. If ye have heard of the dispensation of 
the grace of God which is given me to you- ward : 3 How that 
by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; as I 
wrote afore in few words; 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may 
understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ, 5 Which 
in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it 
is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by tho 
Spirit. 

a. d. 65.] 2 Tim. 3- 16. All Scripture is given by inspira- 
tion of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for 
correction, for instruction in righteousness : " That the man 
of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good 
works. 



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A. d. 96.] Rev. 22. 6. And the Lord God of the holy proph- 
ets sent his angel to show unto his servants the things which 
must shortly be done. 

§ 457. The word of God gives light and wider standing, 
and is able to make thee wise unto salvation. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 19. 1. The law of the Lord is perfect, convert- 
ing the soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise 
the simple. 8 Thc statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the 
heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening 
the eyes. 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever: 
the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. 
10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine 
gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. "More- 
over l>y them is thy servant warned : and in keeping of them 
there is great reward. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 6. 23. For the commandment w a lamp; 
and the law is light ; and reproofs of instruction are the way 
of life. 

b. c. 444-] P sa « 119. 9. Wherewithal shall a young man 
cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. 
98 Thou through thv commandments hast made me wiser than 
mine enemies : for they are ever with me. 99 1 have more under- 
standing than all my teachers : for thy testimonies are my 
meditation. 10 ° I understand more than the ancients, because 
I keep thy precepts. 104 Through thy precepts I get under- 
standing: therefore I hate every false way. 10b Thy word is a 
lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. 130 The entrance 
of thy words giveth light ; it giveth understanding unto the 
simple. 

a. d. 61.] James 1. 21. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and 
superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the en- 
grafted word, which is able to save your souls. 

a. d. 65.] 2 Tim. 3. 14. But continue thou in the things 
which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of 
whom thou hast learned them ; 15 And that from a child thou 
hast known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee 
wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 



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§ 458. No commandments shall be added to, and none 
taken from, those which God has given. Beware of 
the traditions of men, and have regard only for the 
law and the testimony. 

B. c. 11/51.] Deut. 4. 2. Ye shall not add unto the word 
which I command you, neither shall ye diminish aught from 



262 Man—The Bible. [§459. 

it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God 
which I command you. 

b. c. lJfil.~\ Deut. 12. 32. What thing soever I command 
you, observe to do it : thou shalt not add thereto, nor dimin- 
ish from it. 

b. c. 71+0.] Isa. 8. 20. To the law and to the testimony: if 
they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no 
light in them. 

b. c. 700."] Prov. 30. 5. Every word of God is pure: he is a 
shield unto them that put their trust in him. 6 Add thou not 
unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. 

a. d. 28.] Matt. 15. 1. Then came to Jesus scribes and 
Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 2 Why do thy 
disciples transgress the tradition of the elders ? for they wash 
not their hands when they eat bread. 3 But he answered and 
said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment 
of God by your tradition ? 

Mark 7. 7. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching 
for doctrines the commandments of men. 8 For laying aside 
the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as 
the washing of pots and cups : and many other such like 
things ye do. 9 And he said unto them, F*ull well ye reject the 
commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. 
13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradi- 
tion, which ye have delivered: and many such like things 
do ye. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 2. 8. Beware lest any man spoil you through 
philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after 
the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. 

A. d. 96.] Ilev. 22. 18. For I testify unto every man that 
heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man 
shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the 
plagues that are written in this book: "And if any man shall 
take away from the words of the book of this. prophecy, God 
shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the 
holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. 

§ 459. The word of God is able to accomplish that for 

which he has gioen it. 

b. c. IJiBl.] Deut. 32. 2. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, 
my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the 
tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 55. 10. For as the rain cometh down, and 
the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth 
the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give 
seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: " So shall my word 
be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto 



460.] Man — The Bible. 26 



me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it 
shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 

b. c. 598.] Jer. 23. 38. The prophet that hath a dream, let 
him tell a dream ; and he that hath my word, let him speak 
my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat ? saitli 
the Lord. 29 Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the Lord ; 
and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? 

b. c. 519.] Psa. 138. 2. For thou hast magnified thy word 
above all thy name. 

a. d. 57.] 2 Cor. 10. 4. For the weapons of our warfare are 
not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of 
strongholds: 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high 
thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and 
bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of 
Christ. 

a. d. 61.] Eph. 6. 12. For we wrestle not against flesh and 
blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the 
rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wicked- 
ness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole 
armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil 
day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, hav- 
ing your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breast- 
plate of righteousness ; 15 And your feet shod with the prep- 
aration of the gospel of peace ; 16 Above all, taking the shield 
of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery 
darts of the wicked. " And take the helmet of salvation, and 
the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 

a. d. 63.] Heb. 4. 12. For the word of God is quick, and 
powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing 
even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the 
joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and in- 
tents of the heart. 

§ 460. All must hear and know the word of God, both 
old and young, rich and poor, high and low. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 4. 8. And what nation is there so great, 
that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, 
which I set before you this day? 9 Only take heed to thyself, 
and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which 
thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the 
days of thy life ; but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons. 

Deut. 6. 6. And these words, which I command thee this 
day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them dili- 
gently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou 
sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and 
when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou 
shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be 



264 Man— The Bible. [§ 460. 

as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write th'em 
upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. 

b. c. 1451.] Dcut. 29. 29. The secret things belong unto the 
Lord our God : but those things which are revealed belong unto 
us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words 
of this law. 

Deut. 31. 11. When all Israel is come to appear before the 
Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt 
read this law before all Israel in their hearing. 12 Gather the 
people together, men, and women, and children, and thy 
stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that 
they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to 
do all the words of this law : 13 And that their children, which 
have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord 
your God. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 78. 4. We will not hide them from their 
children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the 
Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath 
done. 6 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appoint- 
ed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they 
should make them known to their children: 6 That the gen- 
eration to come might know them, even the children ichich 
should be born ; who should arise and declare them to their 
children : 7 That they might set their hope in God, and not 
forget the works of God, but keep his commandments. 

b. c. 725.] Isa. 28. 9. Whom shall he teach knowledge? and 
whom shall he make to understand doctrine ? them that are 
weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10 For 
precept must he upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon 
line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little. 

b. c. 539.] Psa. 49. 1. Hear this all ye people; give ear, all 
ye inhabitants of the world: 2 Both low and high, rich and 
poor, together. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 11. 15. He that hath ears to hear, let him 
hear. 

a. d. 52.] 1 Thess. 5. 27. I charge you by the Lord, that 
this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. 

a. d. 62.] Col. 4. 16. And when this epistle is read among 
you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodice- 
ans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. 

A. D. 69.] 1 John 2. 12. I write unto you, little children, 
because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. 13 1 
write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is 
from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because 
ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little 
children, because ye have known the Father. "I have writ- 
ten unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from 
the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because 



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ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye 
have overcome the wicked one. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 2. 29. He that hath an ear, let him hear 
what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 

§ 461. Search the Scriptures, remember them, meditate 
on them, and measure all doctrines by them. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 17. 19. And it shall be with him, and 
he shall read therein all the days of his life, that he may 
learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this 
law and these statutes, to do them. 

Josh. 1. 8. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy 
mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that 
thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written 
therein. 

B. c. 732.] Isa. 8. 20. To the law and to the testimony: if 
they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no 
light in them. 

b. c. 713.] Isa. 34. 1. Come near, ye nations, to hear; and 
hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein: 
the world, and all things that come forth of it. 10 Seek ye out 
of the hook of the Lord, and read : no one of these shall fail, 
none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, 
and his spirit it hath gathered them. 

b. c. 444-] P ga - 1- 1- Blessed is the man that walketh not 
in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of 
sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his de- 
light is in the law of the Lord ; and in his law doth he medi- 
tate day and night. 

Psa. 119. 15. I will meditate in thy precepts, and have re- 
spect unto thy ways. 16 1 will delight myself in thy statutes: 
I will not forget thy word. 23 Princes also did sit and speak 
against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. 
24 Thy testimonies also are my delight, and my counsellors. 
97 Oh how love I thy law ! it is my meditation all the day. 
148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate 
in thy word. 

b. c. 397.] Mai. 4. 4. Remember ye the law of Moses my 
servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, 
with the statutes and judgments. 

A. T>.27.] John 5. 39. Search the Scriptures; for in them ye 
think ye have eternal life : and they are they which testify of me. 

A. D. 53. ] Acts 17. 11. These were more noble than those in 
Tbessalonica, in that they received the word with all readi- 
ness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those 
things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed ; also of 
honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few. 



266 Man— The Bible. [§ 462. 

a. d. 60.] 2 Pet. 3. 1. This second epistle, beloved, I now 
write unto you; in doth which I stir up your pure minds by 
way of remembrance. 2 That ye may be mindful of the words 
which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the 
commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: 
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days 
scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where 
is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, 
all things continue as they were from the beginning of the 
creation. 

a. p. 63.] Heb. 2. 1. Therefore we ought to give the more 
earnest heed to the tilings which we have heard, lest at any 
time we should let them slip. 2 For if the word spoken by 
angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedi- 
ence received a just recompense of reward; 8 How shall we 
escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first be- 
gan to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by 
them that heard him. 

a. d. 65.] Jude 17. But, beloved, remember ye the words 
which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 1. 3. Blessed is he that readeth, and they 
that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things 
which are written therein: for the time is at hand. 

§ 462. All Scripture is written for our admonition and 
instruction, that we may be thoroughly furnished unto 
all good ivork. 

a. d. 29.] John 20. 31. But these are written, that ye might 
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God ; and that be- 
lieving ye might have life through his name. 

A. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 9; 9. For it is written in the law of Moses, 
Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth 
out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen ? 10 Or saith he 
it altogether for our- sakes ? For our sakes, no doubt, this is 
written : that he that plougheth should plough in hope ; and 
that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. 

1 Cor. 10. 1. Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should 
be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, 
and all passed through the sea. 5 But with many of them 
God was not well pleased : for they were overthrown in the 
wilderness. 6 Now these things were our examples, to the in- 
tent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them ; as it is writ- 
ten, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to 
play. 8 Neither let us commit foruication, as some of them 
committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 



463.] 



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9 Neither let ns tempt Christ, as some of tliem also tempted, 
and were destroyed of serpents. "Neither murmur ye, as 
some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the de- 
stroyer. n Now all these things happened unto them for en- 
samples : and they are written for our admonition, upon whom 
the ends of the world are come. 

a. d. 58.] Rom. 4. 3. For what saith the Scripture ? Abra- 
ham believed God, and it was counted unto him for right- 
eousness. 20 He staggered not at the promise of God through 
unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God ; 21 And 
being fully persuaded, that what he had promised, he was 
able also to perform. 22 And therefore it was imputed to 
him for righteousness. 23 Now it was not written for his sake 
alone, that it was imputed to him ; 24 But for us also, to whom 
it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus 
our Lord from the dead. 

A: d. 65.] 2 Tim. 3. 16. All Scripture is given by inspira- 
tion of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for 
correction, for instruction in righteousness: 1T That the man 
of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good 
works. 

§ 463. Zet the word of God be fitted to your lips, that 
you may answer the word of truth to every opponent 
and to every one that asks a reason of the hope that 
is in you. 

b. c. 1000.] Prov. 22. 17. Bow down thine ear, and hear the 
words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. 
18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee ; 
they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. 19 That thy trust may 
be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to 
thee. 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in coun- 
sels and knowledge, 21 That I might make thee know the 
certainty of the words of truth. 

a. d. 27.] Matt. 4. 3. And when the tempter came to him, 
he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones 
be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is wkitten, 
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that 
proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh 
him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of 
the temple, 6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, 
cast thyself clown: for it is written, He shall give his angels 
charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear 
thee up, lest at any time thou dash, thy foot against a stone. 
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not 
tempt the Lord thy God. B Again, the devil taketh him up into 
an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the king- 



268 Man — the Spread of Truth. [§ 464. 

doms of the world, and the glory of them; 9 And saith unto 
him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down 
and worship me. 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee 
hence, Satan : for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord 
thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 

a. d. 60.~] 1 Peter 3 - 15 - But sanctify the Lord God in 
your hearts : and be ready always to give an answer to every 
man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with 
meekness and fear. 

a. d. 62. ~\ Col. 3. 16. Let the word of Christ dwell in you 
richly in all wisdom ; teaching and admonishing one another 
in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace 
in your hearts to the Lord. 

Col. 4. 6. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned 
with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. 

§ 464. All the nations of the earth shall turn unto the 
Lord, wars shall cease, and the world shall be full of 
the knowledge of God. 

b. c. IO44.] Psa. 22. 27. All the ends of the world shall re- 
member and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the 
nations shall worship before thee. 28 For the kingdom is the 
Lord's: and he is the governor among the nations. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 86. 9. All nations whom thou hast made shall 
come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy 
name. 10 For 'thou art great, and doest wondrous things: 
thou art God alone. 

b. c. 740.] Isa. 2. 2. And it shall come to pass in the last 
days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be estab- 
lished in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above 
the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 3 And many 
people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the 
mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob ; and 
he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths : 
for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the 
Lord from Jerusalem. 4 And he shall judge among the na- 
tions, and shall rebuke many people : and they shall beat 
their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning- 
hooks : nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither 
shall they learn war any more. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 49. 7. Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of 
Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to 
him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings 
shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the 
Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall 
choose thee. 8 Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time 
have I heard thee, and in a clay of salvation have I helped 



464.] 



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thee : and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of 
the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the des- 
olate heritages. " And I will make all my mountains a way, 
and my highways shall be exalted. 12 Behold, these shall come 
from far : and, lo, these from the north and from the west ; 
and these from the land of Sinim. xe Lift up thine eyes round 
about, and behold : all these gather themselves together, and 
come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely 
clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them 
on thee, as a bride doeth. 22 Thus saith the Lord God, Be- 
hold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my 
standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their 
arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. 

b. c. 710.] Micah 4. 1. But in the last days it shall come to 
pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be es- 
tablished in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted 
above the hills : and people shall flow unto it. 2 And many 
nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the moun- 
tain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob ; and 
he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths : 
for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord 
from Jerusalem. 8 And he shall judge among many people, 
and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their 
swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruninghooks : 
nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall 
they learn war any more. 4 But they shall sit every man un- 
der his vine and under his fig tree ; and none shall make them 
afraid : for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it. 
6 For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, 
and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever 
and ever. 6 In that day, saith the Lord, will I assemble her 
that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her 
that I have afflicted ; 7 And I will make her that halted a 
remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation ; and 
the Lord shall reign over them in mount Zion from hence- 
forth, even for ever. 

b. c. 590.] Hab. 2. 14. For the earth shall be filled with the 
knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. 

b. c. 538.] Psa. 102. 15. So the heathen shall fear the 
name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. 
18 This shall be written for the generation to come : and the 
people which shall be created shall praise the Lord. ^ When 
the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve 
the Lord. 

a. d. 96.] Rev. 14. 6. And I saw another angel fly in the 
midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto 
them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kin- 
dred, and tongue, and people. 



270 The Heavens and the Earth. [§ 465, 466. 



CHAPTER VII. 

THE HEAVENS AND THE EAETH. 

§ 465. The heavens and the earth were created by God. 

b. c. 4004-] Gen. 1. 1. In the beginning God created the heav- 
ens and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void ; 
and darkness teas upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of 
God moved upon the face of the water*. 3 And God said. Let 
there be light: and there was light. *And God saw the light, 
that it was good : and God divided the light from the dark- 
ness. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters 
which were under the firmament from the waters which were 
above the firmament : and it was so. 9 And God said, Let the 
waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, 
and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God 
called the dry land Earth ; and the gathering together of the 
waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 14 And 
God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven 
to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, 
and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be 
for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon 
the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights: 
the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser night to rule 
the night : Tie made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the 
firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And 
to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light 
from the darkness : and God saw that it was good. 

b. c. 1034-] Psa. 33. 6. By the word of the Lord were the 
heavens made ; and all the host of them by the breath of his 
mouth. 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a 
heap : he layeth up the depth in storehouses. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 44. 24. Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, 
and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that 
maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; 
that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself. 

b. c. 607.] Jer. 10. 12. He hath made the earth by his 
power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath 
stretched out the heavens by his discretion. 

§ 466. The earth and all that is in it belongs unto God. 

b. c. 1520.] Job 41. 11. Whatsoever is under the whole 
heaven is mine. 



§ 467.] Rain and Dew. 271 

b. c. 1491.] Exod. 19. 5. Now therefore, if ye will obey my 
voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a pe- 
culiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is 
mine. 

b. c. 1431.] Deut. 10. 14. Behold, the heaven and the 
heaven of heavens is the Lord's thy God, the earth also, with 
all that therein is. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 24. 1. The earth is the Lord's, and the 
fulness thereof ; the world, and they that dwell therein. 

Psa. 95. 4. In his hand are the deep places of the earth : the 
strength of the hills is his also. 5 The sea is his, and he made 
it : and his hands formed the dry land. 

b. c. 896.] Psa. 115. 16. The heaven, even the heavens, are 
the Lord's : but the earth hath he given to the children of men. 

b. c. 571.] Hag. 2. 8. The silver is mine, and the gold is 
mine, saith the Lord of hosts. 

b. c. 539.] Psa. 50. 12. If I were hungry, I would not tell 
thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. 

a. d. 56.] 1 Cor. 10. 26. For the earth is the Lord's, and the 
fulness thereof. 

§ 467. Main and dew are under the control of God, and 
are given or withheld according to his will. 

b. c. 4004.] Gen. 2. 4. These are the generations of the 
heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day 
that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. 5 And 
every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every 
herb of the field before it grew : for the Lord God had not 
caused it to rain upon the -earth, and there was not a man to 
till the ground. 6 But there went up a mist from the earth, 
and watered the whole face of the ground. 

b. c. 1779.] Gen. 27. 28. Therefore God give thee of the dew 
of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and 
Avine. 

b. c. 1520.] Job 38. 25. Who hath divided a watercourse 
for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of 
thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; 
on the wilderness, wherein there is no man. 27 To satisfy the 
desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the 
tender herb to spring forth? 28 Hath the rain a father? or 
who hath begotten the drops of dew ? 

b. c. 994.] 1 Kings 8. 35. When heaven is shut up, and 
there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if 
they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn 
from their sin, when thou afflictest them : 36 Then hear thou 
in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy peo- 
ple Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they 



272 Rain and Dew. [§467. 

should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast 
given to thy people for an inheritance. 

b. c. 994.) 1 Kings 17. 1. And Elijah the Tishbite, who was 
of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord 
God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be 
dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. 

1 Kings 18. 1. And it came to pass after many days, that 
the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, say- 
ing, Go, show thyself unto Ahab ; and I will send rain upon 
the earth. 2 And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. 
And there was a sore famine in Samaria. 41 And Elijah said 
unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink ; for there is a sound 
of abundance of rain. 4B And it came to pass in the mean- 
while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and 
there was a great rain. 

b. c. 787.] Amos 4. 7. And also I have withholden the rain 
from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: 
and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain 
upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece 
whereupon it rained not withered. 8 So two or three cities 
wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not 
satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. 

b. c. 696.] Joel 2. 23. Be glad then, ye children of Zion, 
and rejoice in the Lord your God : for he hath given you the 
former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for 
you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first 
month. 

b. c. 605.] Jer. 14. 22. Are there any among the vanities of 
the Gentiles that can cause rain ? or can the heavens give 
showers ? art not thou he, O Lord our God ? therefore we will 
wait upon thee : for thou hast made all these things. 

b. c. 587.] Zech. 10. 1. Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time 
of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, 
and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the 
field. 

b. c. 520.] Hag. 1. 10. Therefore the heaven over you is 
stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. 
11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the 
mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and 
upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, 
and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the 
hands. 

a. d. 61.] James 5. 17. Elias was a man subject to like pas- 
sions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not 
rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years 
and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave 
rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. 



468.] 



Stoems and Floods. 273 



§ 468. Storms and floods are sent by God, and he con- 
trols them. 

b. c. 21/1/8.] Gen. 6. 13. And God said unto Noah, The end 
of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with vio- 
lence through them ; and, behold, I will destroy them with 
the earth. 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters 
upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of 
life, from under heaven ; and every thing that is in the earth 
shall die. 

b. c. 231/8.] Gen. 7. 6. And Noah was six hundred years old 
when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 12 And the rain 
was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. " And the 
flood was forty days upon the earth ; and the waters increased, 
and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. 

18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon 
the earth ; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 

19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and 
all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were 
covered. 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hun- 
dred and fifty days. 

b. c. 11/91.~\ Exod. 9. 13. And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and 
say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let 
my people go, that they may serve me. 18 Behold, to-morrow 
about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, 
such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof 
even until now. 22 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch 
forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all 
the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every 
herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. 23 And Mo- 
ses stretched forth his hand toward heaven : and the Lord sent 
thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground ; 
and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 So there 
was hail, and fire mingled with hail, very grievous, such as 
there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became 
a nation. 25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of 
Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast ; and the 
hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the 
field. 31 And the flax and the barley was smitten : for the bar- 
ley was in the ear, and the flax was boiled. 33 And Moses went 
out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands 
unto the Lord : and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain 
was not poured upon the earth. 

b. c. 1031.] Psa. 105. 32. He gave them hail for rain, and 
flaming fire in their land. 33 He smote their vines also and 
their fig trees ; and brake the trees of their coasts. 



274 The Winds and the Sea. [§ 469, 470. 

b. c. 560.1 Hag. 2. 17. I smote you with blasting and with 
mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye 
turned not to me, saith the Lord. 

§ 469. The zoinds and the sea are controlled by God. 

B. c. 148 1.] Exod. 14. 21. And Moses stretched out his hand 
over the sea ; and the Lord caused the sea to go iacJc by a 
strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, 
and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of Israel 
went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground : and the 
waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on the 
left. 26 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand 
over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyp- 
tians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. 27 And 
Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea re- 
turned to his strength when the morning appeared ; and the 
Egyptians fled against it ; and the Lord overthrew the Egyp- 
tians in the midst of the sea. 28 And the waters returned, aad 
covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of 
Pharaoh that came into the sea after them ; there remained 
not so much as one of them. 

b. c. 539.] Psa. 89. 8. OLord God of hosts, who is a strong 
Lord like unto thee ? or to thy faithfulness round about thee ? 
9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof 
arise, thou stillest them. 

Psa. 93. 4. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of 
many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. 

Psa. 107. 29. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves 
thereof are still. 

A. d. 27. ~\ Matt. 8. 23. And when he was entered into a ship, 
his disciples followed him. 24 And, behold, there arose a great 
tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with 
the waves: but he was asleep. 25 And his disciples came to 
him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us : we perish. 27 And 
he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith ? 
Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea ; and there 
was a great calm. 

§ 470. This earth shall be consumed with fire and pass 

away. 

b. c. 712.] Isa. 51. 6. Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and 
look upon the earth beneath : for the heavens shall vanish 
away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, 
and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my 
salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be 
abolished. 



§ 470.] The Earth Consumed by Fiee. 275 

B. C. 538.] Psa. 102. 25. Of old hast thou laid the founda- 
tions of the earth : and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 
26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure : yea, all of them 
shall wax old like a garment ; as a vesture shalt thou change 
them, and they shall be chaDged. 

A. b. 29.] Matt. 24. 35. Heaven and earth shall pass away, 
but my words shall not pass away. 36 But of that day and 
hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my 
Father only. 

a. D. 60.] 2 Peter 3. 7. But the heavens and the earth, 
which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved 
unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungod- 
ly men. 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, 
that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thou- 
sand years as one day. 10 But the day of the Lord will come 
as a thief in the night ; in the which the heavens shall pass 
away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fer- 
vent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall 
be burned up. u Seeing then that all these things shall be 
dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy 
conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto 
the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on 
fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fer- 
vent heat ? 
13 



276 Animals Created by God. [§ 471, 472. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

ANIMALS. 

§ 471. All animals are created by God. 

B. c. 400 4-] & en « 1. 20. And God said, Let the waters bring 
forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl 
that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature 
that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after 
their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God 
saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be 
fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let 
fowl multiply in the earth. 24 And God said, Let the earth 
bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and 
creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind : and it 
was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his 
kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creep- 
eth upon the earth after his kind : and God saw that it was 
good. 

Gen. 2. 19. And out of the ground the Lord God formed 
every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought 
them unto Adam to see what he would call them : and what- 
soever Adam called every living creature, that was the name 
thereof. 20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the 
fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field. 

§ 472. All animals are placed under the dominion of 

man. 

b. c. 4004-] Gen. 1. 26. And God said, Let us make man 
in our image, after our likeness : and let them have dominion 
over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over 
the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping 
thing that creepeth upon the earth. 28 And God blessed them, 
and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and re- 
plenish the earth, and subdue it : and have dominion over the 
fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every 
living thing that moveth upon the earth. 

b. c. 2847.'] Gen. 9. 1. And God blessed Noah and his sons, and 
said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the 
earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon 
every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon 



§473, 474.] Animals ttndee Control op Man. 277 

all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the 
sea ; into your hand are they delivered. 8 Every moving 
thing that liveth shall be meat for you ; even as the green 
herb have I given you all things. 

b. o. 1015.] Psa. 8. 4. What is man, that thou art mindful 
of him ? and the son of man, that thou visitest him ? 6 Thou 
madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands ; 
thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen, 
yea, and the beasts of the field ; 8 The fowl of the air, and 
the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths 
of the seas. 

a. d. 61.] James 3. 7. For every kind of beasts, and of 
birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and 
hath been tamed of mankind. 

§ 473. Fully feed the beast that works, and have regard 
to its life : and if it is in trouble help it. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 22. 4. Thou shalt not see thy brother's 
ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from 
them : thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again. 

Deut. 25. 4. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he tread- 
eth out the com. 

b. o. 1000.] Prov. 12. 10. A righteous man regard eth the life 
of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. 

§ 474. The flesh of all beasts may be eaten, but the blood 

shall not be eaten. 

B. c. 2347.] Gen. 9. 3. Every moving thing that liveth shall 
be meat for you ; even as the green herb have I given you all 
things. 4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood 
thereof, shall ye not eat. 6 And surely your blood of your 
lives will I require : at the hand of every beast will I re- 
quire it. 

b. c. 1451.] Deut. 12. 15. Notwithstanding, thou mayest 
kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth 
after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which 
he hath given thee : the unclean and the clean may eat there- 
of, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. 16 Only ye shall 
not eat the blood ; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. 

a. d. 52.] Acts 15. 28. For it seemed good to the Holy 
Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than 
these necessary things ; 29 That ye abstain from meats offered 
to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from 
fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do 
well. Fare ye well. 



278 Animals used to Punish Disobedience. [§ 475. 

§ 475. Beasts and insects are sometimes used by God to 
punish disobedient people. 

b. c. 1491.] Exod. 8. 5. And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
Say nnto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over 
the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause 
frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. 6 And Aaron 
stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt ; and the 
frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. 8 Then Pha- 
raoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat the Lord, 
that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my peo- 
ple ; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice 
unto the Lord. 12 And Moses and Aaron went out from 
Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the Lord because of the 
frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh. 1S And the 
Lord did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs 
died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the 
fields. "And they gathered them together upon heaps: 
and the land stank. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there 
was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto 
them ; as the Lord had said. 16 And the Lord said unto 
Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the 
dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all 
the land of Egypt. 17 And they did so ; for Aaron stretched 
out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, 
and it became lice in man, and in beast ; all the dust of the 
land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 19 Then 
the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the linger of God : 
and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto 
them; as the Lord had said. 20 And the Lord said unto 
Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pha- 
raoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, 
Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve 
me. 21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will 
send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and 
upon thy people, and into thy houses : and the houses of the 
Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground 
whereon they are. 22 And I will sever in that day the land of 
Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies 
shall be there ; to the end thou mayest know that I am the 
Lord in the midst of the earth. 24 And the Lord did so ; and 
there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pha- 
raoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of 
Egypt ; the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of 
flies. 31 And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; 
and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his 
servants, and from his people ; there remained not one. 



§475.] Animals used to Punish Disobedience. 279 

B. G. 1491.] Exod. 10. 12. And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, 
that they may come up'upon the land of Egypt, and eat every 
herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. 13 And Moses 
stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord 
brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that 
night ; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the lo- 
custs. 14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, 
and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they ; 
before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after 
them shall be such. 15 For they covered the face of the whole 
earth, so that the land was darkened ; and they did eat every 
herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail 
had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, 
or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 
lfi Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste ; and he 
said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against 
you. " Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this 
once, and entreat the Lord your God, that he may take away 
from me this death only. 18 And he went out from Pharaoh, 
and entreated the Lord. 19 And the Lord turned a mighty 
strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them 
into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the 
coasts of Egypt. 

Exod. 23. 28. I will send hornets before thee, which shall 
drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from 
before thee. 

b. c. 145 1.] Num. 21. 6. And the Lord sent fiery serpents 
among the people, and they bit the people ; and much people 
of Israel died. 7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and 
said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, 
and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the 
serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. 8 And 
the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set 
it upon a pole ; and it shall come to pass, that every one that 
is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And Moses 
made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole ; and it came 
to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld 
the serpent of brass, he lived. 

b. c. 144&-] Josh. 24. 12. And I sent the hornet before you, 
which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of 
the Amorites ; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. 

b. c. lO^l.] Psa. 105. 30. Their land brought forth frogs in 
abundance, in the chambers of their kings. 31 He spake, and 
there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. 
84 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillars, and that 
without number. 

b. c. 1015.] Psa. 78-. 45. He sent divers sorts of flies among 



280 Animals used to Punish Disobedience. [§ 475. 

them, which devoured them ; and frogs, which destroyed them. 
46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their 
labour unto the locust. 

b. c. 974'] 1 Kings 13. 24. And when he was gone, a lion 
met him by the way, and slew him : and his carcass was cast 
in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the 
carcass. 26 And when the prophet that brought him back from 
the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was 
disobedient unto the word of the Lord : therefore the Lord 
hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and 
slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake 
unto him. 

b. c. 678.] 2 Kings 17. 25. And so it was at the beginning 
of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lord : there- 
fore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew some of them. 



INDEX. 



[The figures denote the sections.] 



Abilities, different in persons, 432. 

Account for every word and action, 298. 

Accused brethren tried, 451. 

Adoption, 421. 

Adultery, 372. 

After this manner pray, 329. 

Angels appeared in material bodies, 262. 

Angels ate food, 262. 

Angels, devils contend against, 279. 

Angels restrained Abraham, 259. 

Anger, wrath of man, 84S. 

Animals fed and cared for, 473. 

Animals used for food, 474. 

Apostles, etc., some to be, 431. 

Appetites in subjection, 355. 

Bad characters excommunicated, 452. 

Baptism, 346-34S. 

Blessing, a, promised, 66. 

Blind healed, 131. 

Body incorruptible, immortal, 294. 

Body not subject to laws controlling the 

"natural body, 296. 
Buying and selling, 395. 

Cheating, 895. 

Children in subjeotion, 381. 

Children mocking parents, 383. 

Children, obey your parents, 382. 

Children provided for, 378. 

Children trained, 379. 

Children, training, 871, 381. 

Choice, every one makes his own, 310. 

Choosing rulers, 886. 

Christ able to save, 123. 

Christ able to subdue, 122. 

Christ able to subdue all things, 124. 

Christ able to succour, 122. 

Christ above all creatures, 195. 

Christ, all are drawn to, 808. 

Christ, all power given unto, 117. 

Christ, all things delivered unto, 116. 

Christ always with his disciples, 163. 

Christ, angels worship, 268. 

Christ anointed, 98. 

Christ appeared after ascension, 162. 

Christ appeared after resurrection, 159. 

Christ a prophet, 104. 

Christ arose from the dead, 158. 

Christ a sacrifice, 166. 

Christ before all things, 69-72. 

Christ begotten, born, 75. 

Christ, belief in, necessary, 801-303. 

Christ, blood of, 426, 427. 

Christ, body like that of, 295. 



Christ called Adonai, 212. 
Christ called Elohim, 211. 
Christ called Jehovah, 213. 
Christ came from heaven, 199. 
Christ came in the Father's name, 200. 
Christ carried up into heaven, 160. 
Christ cast out devils, 133. 
Christ, Comforter foretold by, 108. 
Christ coming again, 161. 
Christ commended his spirit to God, 156. 
Christ compassionate, 135. 
Christ, confession of and faith in, 818. 
Christ, counsel taken against, 144. 
Christ crucified, 149. 

Christ, death and resurrection of, fore- 
told, 107. 
Christ delivered for our offenses, 167. 
Christ, denying, 314. 
Christ died, 156. 
Christ died for our sins, 168. 
Christ equal with God, 118. 
Christ exalted, 221. 
Christ, faith in, necessary, 813. 
Christ, Father greater than, 196. 
Christ fed the multitude, 180. 
Christ first and the last, 72. 
Christ firstborn, 71. 
Christ forgive sins, 185. 
Christ form of God, 74. 
Christ forsaken of God, 150. 
Christ foundation of the Church, 192. 
Christ fullness of God, 209. 
Christ gave himself a sacrifice, 166. 
Christ gave power, 120. 
Christ gave thanks, 91. 
Christ giver of grace, 188. 
Christ gives eternal life, 207. 
Christ gives power, 121. 
Christ gives rest to the weary, 183. 
Christ Good Shepherd, 181. 
Christ greater than angels, 194. 
Christ greater than any man, 193. 
Christ grew in stature and wisdom, 84. 
Christ grieved and troubled, 89. 
Christ groaned and wept, 136. 
Christ has power to forgive sins, 185. 
Christ has the words of eternal life, 206. 
Christ head of the Church, 192. 
Christ healed the blind, etc., 181, 182. 
Christ helped, 95. 
Christ high-priest, 175. 
Christ holy, 187. 
Christ honoured, 201, 202. 
Christ hungered, 87. 
Christian priesthood, 429. 



282 



Index. 



Christ is jus.t, 187. 

Christ is King, 223. 

Christ is life, 205. 

Christ is Master, 222. 

Christ, Judas hired to betray, 145. 

Christ kept, 95. 

Christ knew not the day of the end, 115. 

Christ knew who should betray him, 114. 

Christ knows his own, 113. 

Christ knows the Father, 109, 110. 

Christ knows the thoughts of men, 112. 

Christ laid in the sepulchre, 157. 

Christ Lamb of God, 165. 

Christ led by the Spirit, 97. 

Christ light of the world, 1S9. 

Christ Lord, 222. 

Christ made flesh, 73. 

Christ makes known, 102, 103. 

Christ meek and lowly. 140. 

Christ mocked, 148, 154. 

Christ of quick understanding, 111. 

Christ our brother, 92. 

Christ our example, 93. 

Christ performed miracles, 125. 

Christ, power given by, 120, 121. 

Christ, power given to, 117, 119. 

Christ preached, 99. 

Christ, priesthood of, 175, 176. 

Christ proceeds from the Father, 198. 

Christ quickens whom he will, 208. 

Christ raised dead to life, 134. 

Christ rejoiced in spirit, 137. 

Christ, resurrection of, 158, 159. 

Christ returned to the Father, 19S. 

Christ reviled, 154. 

Christ's coat, lots cast for, 152. 

Christ, sea obeys, 126. 

Christ scourged, 148. 

Christ sends the Holy Spirit, 231. 

Christ shall deliver up the kingdom, 226. 

Christ, sick healed by, 132. 

Christ slain, 165. 

Christ, Son of God, 76-81, 

Christ suffered for our sins, 168. 

Christ taught and preached, 99. 

Christ taught by the Father, 101. < 

Christ the Advocate, 174. 

Christ the author of salvation, 208, 

Christ the bishop, 181. 

Christ the bread of life, 164. 

Christ the deliverer, 178. 

Christ the image of God, 210. 

Christ the Judge, 186. 

Christ the only Mediator, 173. 

Christ, sanctification by the blood of, 

427. 
Christ the propitiation, 107. 
Christ the Kedeemer, 177. 
Christ the Saviour, 179. 
Christ the sinner's intercessor, 174. 
Christ the wisdom of God, 190. 
Christ thirsted, 87. 

Christ, thoughts of men known to, 112. 
Christ touched with our infirmities, 182. 
Christ's troubles, 89. 
Christ trusting in God, 154. 
Christ upholds all things, 220. 
Christ, vinegar given to, 153. 



Christ walked on the water, 127. 

Christ was baptized, 85. 

Christ was circumcised. 85. 

Christ washed disciples' feet, 141. 

Christ was weary, 88. 

Christ wept, 136. 

Christ, wind obeys, 126. 

Christ, wisdom to, by the Holy Spirit, 235. 

Christ without sin, 138, 139. 

Churches advised, 438. 

Church to be without divisions, 430. 

Come, whosoever will may, 309. 

Contention and strife, 869. 

Covetousness, 896. 

Deacons, character, etc., 450. 

Deacons, duty of, 448. 

Deacons, how appointed. 449. 

Dead, condition of the, 287-291. 

Dead raised to life, 134. 

Death and sin, 286. 

Devils have powers to do evil, 275. 

Devils instigate wickedness, 272. 

Devils know Christ and tremble. 280. 

Devils not to be worshipped, 281. 

Devils, temporary success of, 378. 

Devils tempt men to wickedness, 273. 

Devils tremble, 2S0. 

Disputations, 442. 

Divination, 338. 

Divorce, 374. 

Doctrine maintained, 441. 

Drunkenness, 353. 

Dumb, etc., healed, 181. 

Duties differ in persons, 432. 

Duty of all persons to work, 897. 

Earth, blessing promised to all the, 66. 

Earth to be consumed, 470. 

Elders advised where to labour, 487. 

Elders, character and reputation, 436. 

Elders, duty of, 439. 

Elders esteemed and honoured, 446. 

Elders, how appointed, 435. 

Elders, how supported, 446. 

Elders maintain doctrine, 441. 

Elders, neglect of duty, 440. 

Elders obtain confidence of people, 448. 

Elders, pray for, 447. 

Elders, superstitions, disputations, 442. 

Evidences sufficient, 315. 

Evil doing, 358. 

Evil speaking, 409, 

Faith, stand fast in the, 816, 

False teachers excluded, 458. 

False witness, 406. 

Fasting, 851, 352. 

Father, kingdom delivered up to the, 226. 

Food, give thanks for, 334. 

Foolish talking and jesting, 415. 

Foreigners, treatment of, 405. 

Forgiveness and salvation, 801. 

Fornication, 372. 

Fi"aud, 392. 

General superintendents appointed, 484. 
Giving benevolently, 401-404. 



283 



Giving offense, 359. 

God able to perform, 32. 

God, actions of men known unto, 19. 

God, all should repent and turn to, 300. 

God, all things possible with, 81. 

God, angels worship, 256. 

God angry with the wicked, 47. 

God, animals created by, 471. 

God. animals used by, 475. 

God a Spirit, 7. 

God, believing, necessary, 312. 

God, be perfect before, 42S. 

God blesses the righteous, 60. 

God, children of, 421. 

God created all things by Christ, 219. 

God created animals, 47l. 

God created man, 283. 

God created the heavens and the earth, 
465. 

God compassionate, 43. 

God does what he pleases, and wills, 33. 

God, earth created by, 465. 

God, elders fearless, pleasing, 444. 

God, enemies of, 49. 

God eternal, 4. 

God faithful, 42. 

God Father of Jesus Christ, 65. 

God Father of the righteous, 62. 

God favours the righteous, 60. 

God, fear, 319, 320. 

God first and the last, 6. 

God giver of wisdom, etc., 15-17. 

God gives power to get wealth, 400. 

God good, 36. 

God governor, 45. 

God has done for you, tell what, 382. 

God, heavens and earth created by, 465. 

God helps the righteous, 56. 

God holy, 37. 

God is in heaven and earth, 8. 

God immortal, 4, 5. 

God in Christ reconciling the world, 217. 

God infinite in wisdom, 13. 

God invisible, 3. 

God is just, 40. 

God is King, 45. 

God is love, 63. 

God is true, 41. 

God keeps the righteous, 57. 

God knows how to deliver or punish, 24. 

God knows the end from the begin- 
ning, 25. 

God knows the heart, 20. 

God knows the hearts of men, 20. 

God knows the thoughts, etc., of men, 19. 

God knows what we need, 23. 

God knows who love and trust, 21. 

God knows who will teach children. 22. 

God leads the righteous, 59. 

God longsufferinfic, 50. 

God, love, 318. 

God manifest in Christ, 215. 

God, man worship, 323. 

God merciful, 43. 

God, name of, taken in vain, 340. 

God, none hide from presence of, 10. 

God not contained in the heavens, 7. 

God, one only, 2. 

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God perfect in knowledge, 18. 

God pleasing, 812. 

God, power belongs unto, 34. 

God, presence of, 10. . 

God preserves the righteous, 58. 

God pure, 88. 

God remembers covenants, 29. 

God remembers individuals, 28. 

God remembers righteousness, 26. 

God remembers wickedness, 27. 

God, reverence, 321. 

God, seek, 322. 

God sees every thing, 5. 

God's fury against the wicked, 48. 

Gods, have no other, 336. 

God, show forth the glory, etc., of, 330. 

God's judgments, angels execute, 258. 

God's name, swearing by, 339, 340. 

God's will, asking according to, 327. 

God's will, asking contrary to, 326. 

God, taking the name of, 340. 

God teaches, 59. 

God the Creator, 44. 

God the deliverer, 52. 

God the giver of wisdom in arts, 17. 

God the giver of judicial wisdom, 16. 

God the giver of strength and power, 

35. 
God the God of Jesus Christ, 65. 
God .the Judge, 46. 
God the Lawgiver, 45. 
God the Redeemer, 51. 
God the refuge of the righteous, 61. 
God, the righteous understand, 304, 381. 
God the Saviour, 53. 
God, thoughts of men known to, 19. 
God unchangeable, 12. 
God upholds the righteous, 55. 
God, wicked and worldly know not, 306. 
God will render vengeance, 49. 
God, word of, made flesh, 73. 
God, words of, fitted to the lips, 463. 
Good and bad separated, 289. 
Government taxes, 889. 

Hatred, 366. 

Holy Spirit a witness for Christ, 241. 

Holy Spirit begat Christ, 233. 

Holy Spirit, believers taught and led by 
the, 252. 

Holy Spirit, blasphemy against the, 255. 

Holy Spirit, commandments through, 
240. 

Holy Spirit convinces of sin, etc., 246. 

Holy Spirit descended on Christ, 96. 

Holy Spirit given by the Father, 229, 
230. 

Holy Spirit given to Christ, 234. 

Holy Spirit gives assurance, 248. 

Holy Spirit gives talents to men, 253. 

Holy Spirit guides, 243. 

Holy Spirit helps in prayer, 251. 

Holy Spirit, ministers guided by, 265. 

Holy Spirit regenerates, 247. 

Holy Spirit, sanctification by the, 248. 

Holy Spirit teaches, 252. 

Holy Spirit, the, proceeds from the Fa- 
ther, 228. 



284 



Index. 



Hospitality, 364 

Husband and wife, 873-877. 

Image worship, 337. 
Intemperance, 353-357. 

Jerusalem, destruction of, foretold, 112. 

Jesting, 415. 

Judges and officers, 388. 

Judges, trial by the, 887. 

Judgment day, 297-299. 

Justification not of works, 419. 

Kingdom not of this world, 224. 
Kingdom without end, 225. 

Laws contrary to God's, 391. 

Letters of commendation, 455. 

Lord, cast burdens and cares on the, 317. 

Lord, give glorv unto the, 335. 

Lord's Supper," the, 349, 350. 

Love one another, 422. 

Love the fulfilling of the law, 423. 

Maintain doctrine, 441. 
Maintain good works, 416. 
Man fruitful and multiply, 284. 
Man lower than angels, 285. 
Man multiply, 2S4. 
Man, power given to, 35. 
Man, resurrection of, 292-296. 
Man, sin and death of, 286. 
Man trusting in God, 317. 
Masters and servants, 384, 385. 
Meekness, 360. 
Men, animals under, 472. 
Men, wisdom given to, 15. 
Messiah the Christ, 94. 
Multitude fed, 130. 
Murder, 365. 

Nations, wickedness of, 27. 
None come except drawn, 307. 
None know when the end shall be, 299. 
Numbered among transgressors, 151. 

Oaths, 339-341. 

Oppressed, relieving the, 352, 417. 

Parents and children, 37S-383. 

Patience, 361. 

Peacemaking, 370. 

Poetry, wisdom and skill in, 17. 

Potter's field bought, 146. 

Prayer, 324-329. 

Prayer, vain repetitions in, 228. 

Pray for all in authority, 390. 

Pride, 362. 

Promises fulfilled, 68. 

Prophet, a, promised, 67. 

Prophets, inspiration of the, etc., 282. 

Eepentance, 300. 

Kesponsible for use of abilities, 483. 



Eevenge, 367. 

Kiches, labouring for, 898. 

Kobbery, 392. 

Sabbath day, 343-345. 

Salvation and forgiveness, 301. 

Salvation and works, 419. 

Salvation in no other name, 180, 302. 

Sanctification, 425. 

Baton the adversary, 277. 

Sciences, 17. 

Scriptures, 462. 

Scriptures, all should know the, 460. 

Scriptures and traditions, 458. 

Scriptures given by inspiration, 456. 

Scriptures, remember the, 461. 

Scriptures, search the, 461. 

Sea and winds, 469. 

Selling and buying, 395. 

Servants, 3S4, 385. 

Sin, free from the dominion of, 428. 

Singing, 333. 

Son of man, 82. 

Speaking evil, 409. 

Speaking harshly, 414. 

Speaking hastily, 410. 

Speaking truth, 408. 

Spirit and soul live, 287. 

Spiritualism, [necromancy,] 338. 

Spread of the truth, 464. 

Storms and floods, 468. 

Strife, 369. 

Strong drink given to another, 356. 

Superstitions, 442. 

Surfeiting and drunkenness, 353. 

Swearing by created things, 341. 

Talebearing, 412. 
Thanksgiving, 333. 
Theft, 392-394. 
Training children, 371, 381. 

Ungodly, their minds darkened, 276. 
Unjust punished, 24. 
Unknown language, 228. 

Voluntary self-humiliation, 418. 

"Water turned to wine, 128. 

"Wealth, use and increase of, 398-400. 

"Wife and husband one flesh, 873. 

"Wife, duties of, 377. 

"Wisdom, all things done in, 14. 

"Wisdom in arts, etc., 17. 

"Wisdom, judicial, 16. 

"Wicked, indignation against the, 48. 

"Wine -drinkers, etc., associating with, 

354. 
Witnesses in civil trials, number of, 

407. 
"Work, duty of all persons to, 397. 
Works, good, 416-418. 
Works, salvation not of, 420. 
World, when end of the, 299. 



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